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Liquefied natural gas carbon footprint is worse than coal (phys.org)

8 hours ago | bikenaga | phys.org | frontpage

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Before-and-after images show Helene wiped parts of North Carolina off the map (cnn.com)

a day ago | bikenaga | cnn.com | newest

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An interstellar instrument takes a final bow (news.mit.edu)

a day ago | bikenaga | mit.edu | frontpage

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Alien civilizations are probably killing themselves from climate change (livescience.com)

2 days ago | bikenaga | livescience.com | newest

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Age and Cognitive Skills: Use It or Lose It [pdf] (arxiv.org)

2 days ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Abandoned mines cover the West (hcn.org)

4 days ago | bikenaga | hcn.org | best

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A Static Analysis of Popular C Packages in Linux [pdf] (arxiv.org)

4 days ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Stay or go? Pacific Islanders face climate's grim choice (phys.org)

a week ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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Scientists clarify the neuronal basis of the mathematical concept of 'zero' (medicalxpress.com)

a week ago | bikenaga | medicalxpress.com | newest

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How to Become a Superhero [pdf] (arxiv.org)

2 weeks ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Recent study reveals reduced math performance of adults with dyspraxia (medicalxpress.com)

2 weeks ago | bikenaga | medicalxpress.com | newest

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AI Meets the Classroom: When Does ChatGPT Harm Learning? (arxiv.org)

2 weeks ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Has the Recession Started? [pdf] (arxiv.org)

3 weeks ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Primordial black holes in the solar system [pdf] (arxiv.org)

3 weeks ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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No basis for claim that 80% of biodiversity is found in Indigenous territories (nature.com)

4 weeks ago | bikenaga | nature.com | newest

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Mathematicians model a puzzling breakdown in cooperative behavior (phys.org)

a month ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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Cognitive abilities predict performance in everyday computer tasks (sciencedirect.com)

a month ago | bikenaga | sciencedirect.com | newest

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Challenges in adopting blockchain for asset-backed securities (techxplore.com)

a month ago | bikenaga | techxplore.com | newest

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Analysis of Code and Test-Code Generated by Large Language Models [pdf] (arxiv.org)

a month ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Bicycle rolling-stop laws don't lead to unsafe behavior by riders or motorists (techxplore.com)

a month ago | bikenaga | techxplore.com | frontpage

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The Karankawa Want You to Know They're Not Extinct (texasmonthly.com)

a month ago | bikenaga | texasmonthly.com | newest

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A Comparison of LLM and Human Performance on Random Number Generation Tasks[pdf] (arxiv.org)

a month ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Monarch butterfly numbers have dropped this summer in Illinois, Upper Midwest (phys.org)

a month ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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Uniqueness Bias: Why it matters, how to curb it (arxiv.org)

a month ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | best

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Evidence stacks up for poisonous books containing toxic dyes (phys.org)

a month ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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The pathogens that could spark the next pandemic (nature.com)

2 months ago | bikenaga | nature.com | frontpage

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Fingerprint Theft Using Smart Padlocks: Droplock Exploits and Defense [pdf] (arxiv.org)

2 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Bearded fireworm stalks shallows as Mediterranean warms (phys.org)

3 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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Replaying the Tape of Academia: Alternative Practices for the Physical Sciences (wiley.com)

3 months ago | bikenaga | wiley.com | newest

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The burden of natural gas leaks on public sector emergency response in the U.S. (sciencedirect.com)

3 months ago | bikenaga | sciencedirect.com | frontpage

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A Formulation of the Trilemma in Proof of Work Blockchain (ieee.org)

3 months ago | bikenaga | ieee.org | best

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Invasive species (zebra mussels) discovered in Colorado River (phys.org)

3 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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Anthropic cut marks in extinct megafauna bones (from Argentina, 20000 years ago) (plos.org)

3 months ago | bikenaga | plos.org | newest

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How well does Medicare cover end-of-life care? It depends on what type (medicalxpress.com)

3 months ago | bikenaga | medicalxpress.com | newest

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Secret Service rushes Trump off stage after shots fired at Pennsylvania rally (nbcnews.com)

3 months ago | bikenaga | nbcnews.com | frontpage

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Third Places and Neighborhood Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Starbucks Cafés (nber.org)

3 months ago | bikenaga | nber.org | best

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Keuffel and Esser Deci-Lon Slide Rule (sliderules.info)

3 months ago | bikenaga | sliderules.info | newest

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Does living in America's wealthiest communities make you safer? (eurekalert.org)

3 months ago | bikenaga | eurekalert.org | newest

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Physicists: Tachyons can be reconciled with the special theory of relativity (phys.org)

3 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | frontpage

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Study finds limited highlighting boosts reading comprehension (phys.org)

3 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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Five common English words we don't know the origins of–including 'boy' and 'dog' (phys.org)

3 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | frontpage

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Global health leader critiques ineptitude of U.S. response to bird flu outbreak (statnews.com)

3 months ago | bikenaga | statnews.com | frontpage

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Nature interrupted: Impact of the US-Mexico border wall on wildlife (knowablemagazine.org)

4 months ago | bikenaga | knowablemagazine.org | newest

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Combined Covid-flu vaccines are coming: Moderna jab clears major test (nature.com)

4 months ago | bikenaga | nature.com | frontpage

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Python-tooth-inspired device supplements current rotator cuff suture repair (medicalxpress.com)

4 months ago | bikenaga | medicalxpress.com | newest

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Microsoft blamed for million-plus patient record theft at US hospital giant (theregister.com)

4 months ago | bikenaga | theregister.com | frontpage

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Synthetic psychedelic found in candies linked to seizures, intubation (arstechnica.com)

4 months ago | bikenaga | arstechnica.com | frontpage

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A Quantum Leap in Factoring (acm.org)

4 months ago | bikenaga | acm.org | frontpage

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It is not "Bézout's identity" [pdf] (arxiv.org)

4 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Not all 'open source' AI models are open: here's a ranking (nature.com)

4 months ago | bikenaga | nature.com | newest

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Brain health is rooted in state of mind, finds study (medicalxpress.com)

4 months ago | bikenaga | medicalxpress.com | frontpage

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Researchers describe how to tell if ChatGPT is confabulating (arstechnica.com)

4 months ago | bikenaga | arstechnica.com | newest

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ChatGPT is used more for science in countries where it is prohibited [pdf] (arxiv.org)

4 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Deer 255 reaches the end of her journey (hcn.org)

4 months ago | bikenaga | hcn.org | newest

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The weapons potential of high-assay low-enriched uranium (techxplore.com)

4 months ago | bikenaga | techxplore.com | newest

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New data indicate record number of armed conflicts in the world (phys.org)

4 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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Math behind everyday life: on distribution of "black days" and beyond [pdf] (arxiv.org)

5 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Dark matter could make our galaxy's innermost stars immortal (phys.org)

5 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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As bird flu spreads in cows, US close to funding Moderna's mRNA H5 vaccine (arstechnica.com)

5 months ago | bikenaga | arstechnica.com | newest

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Status of the ΛCDM theory: supporting evidence and anomalies [pdf] (arxiv.org)

5 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Artificial intelligence and the skill premium (nber.org)

5 months ago | bikenaga | nber.org | best

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After mice drink raw H5N1 milk, bird flu virus riddles their organs (arstechnica.com)

5 months ago | bikenaga | arstechnica.com | newest

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The Way of Lisp or the Right Thing (funcall.blogspot.com)

5 months ago | bikenaga | blogspot.com | newest

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Sound-Powered Telephone (wikipedia.org)

5 months ago | bikenaga | wikipedia.org | newest

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Raw-milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of H5N1 virus (arstechnica.com)

5 months ago | bikenaga | arstechnica.com | newest

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2023 was the hottest summer in 2k years (phys.org)

5 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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Few tenure-track jobs for engineering PhDs, study finds (phys.org)

5 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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Vera Rubin's primary mirror gets its first reflective coating (universetoday.com)

5 months ago | bikenaga | universetoday.com | best

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The lunacy of rebuilding in disaster-prone areas (noemamag.com)

5 months ago | bikenaga | noemamag.com | newest

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How the Colville Tribes are restoring traditional lands and wildlife (hcn.org)

5 months ago | bikenaga | hcn.org | newest

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Bird flu virus has been spreading in US cows for months, RNA reveals (nature.com)

6 months ago | bikenaga | nature.com | newest

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Florida dolphin found with highly pathogenic avian flu (phys.org)

6 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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Concern grows as bird flu spreads further in US cows: 32 herds in 8 states (arstechnica.com)

6 months ago | bikenaga | arstechnica.com | newest

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De-Autoconfiscation (Eric Raymond) (gitlab.com/esr)

6 months ago | bikenaga | gitlab.com | frontpage

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Two hunters from the same lodge afflicted with sporadic CJD: is CWD to blame? (neurology.org)

6 months ago | bikenaga | neurology.org | best

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A former slave who became a cowboy, a rancher, and a Texas legend (texasmonthly.com)

6 months ago | bikenaga | texasmonthly.com | best

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A refutation of Metcalfe's Law (2005) [pdf] (umn.edu)

6 months ago | bikenaga | umn.edu | newest

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That Sneaky Exponential–Beyond Metcalfe's Law to the Power of Community Building (deepplum.com)

6 months ago | bikenaga | deepplum.com | newest

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The explosive value of the networks [pdf] (arxiv.org)

6 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Astrophysicists solve mystery of heart-shaped feature on the surface of Pluto (phys.org)

6 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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Change Healthcare faces another ransomware threat–and it looks credible (wired.com)

6 months ago | bikenaga | wired.com | newest

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Study suggests 'superbugs' are being passed from pets to owners (medicalxpress.com)

6 months ago | bikenaga | medicalxpress.com | newest

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Ef Themes for GNU Emacs (Protesilaos Stavrou) (github.com/protesilaos)

6 months ago | bikenaga | github.com | newest

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First languages of North America traced back to two groups from Siberia (phys.org)

6 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | best

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Alexander Horned Sphere (wikipedia.org)

6 months ago | bikenaga | wikipedia.org | newest

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Darwin Turing Dawkins (Leonard Adleman) [pdf] (arxiv.org)

6 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Man pleads guilty to stealing former coworker's identity for 30 years (arstechnica.com)

6 months ago | bikenaga | arstechnica.com | frontpage

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Raising the minimum wage? Study using US tax data finds more gain than pain (phys.org)

6 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | frontpage

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Population tipping point could arrive by 2030 (science.org)

6 months ago | bikenaga | science.org | best

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The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the Panic of 2023 [pdf] (aeaweb.org)

6 months ago | bikenaga | aeaweb.org | newest

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A Review of Alfred North Whitehead's"Introduction to Mathematics" [pdf] (arxiv.org)

6 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Circular reasoning: Solving the Hubble tension with a non-π value of π [pdf] (arxiv.org)

6 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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The Unintended Consequences of Academic Leniency [pdf] (edworkingpapers.com)

7 months ago | bikenaga | edworkingpapers.com | newest

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Global transformer overheating from geomagnetic storms [pdf] (arxiv.org)

7 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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A Weak Spot in Carbon Sequestration: Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells (undark.org)

7 months ago | bikenaga | undark.org | newest

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Terrifying vistas of reality (H. P. Lovecraft) (aeon.co)

7 months ago | bikenaga | aeon.co | newest

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How did the Big Bang get its name? (nature.com)

7 months ago | bikenaga | nature.com | newest

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Microsoft announces deprecation of 1024-bit RSA keys in Windows (bleepingcomputer.com)

7 months ago | bikenaga | bleepingcomputer.com | newest

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Biggest historical mysteries that will probably never be solved (livescience.com)

7 months ago | bikenaga | livescience.com | newest

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Pi calculated to 105T digits, smashing world record (livescience.com)

7 months ago | bikenaga | livescience.com | newest