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

6 months ago | bikenaga | techxplore.com | newest

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

6 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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

7 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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

7 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)

7 months ago | bikenaga | arstechnica.com | newest

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

7 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Artificial intelligence and the skill premium (nber.org)

7 months ago | bikenaga | nber.org | best

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

7 months ago | bikenaga | arstechnica.com | newest

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

7 months ago | bikenaga | blogspot.com | newest

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Sound-Powered Telephone (wikipedia.org)

7 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)

7 months ago | bikenaga | arstechnica.com | newest

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

7 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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

7 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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

7 months ago | bikenaga | universetoday.com | best

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

7 months ago | bikenaga | noemamag.com | newest

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

7 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)

8 months ago | bikenaga | nature.com | newest

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

8 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)

8 months ago | bikenaga | arstechnica.com | newest

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

8 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)

8 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)

8 months ago | bikenaga | texasmonthly.com | best

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

8 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)

8 months ago | bikenaga | deepplum.com | newest

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

8 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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

8 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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

8 months ago | bikenaga | wired.com | newest

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

8 months ago | bikenaga | medicalxpress.com | newest

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

8 months ago | bikenaga | github.com | newest

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

8 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | best

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Alexander Horned Sphere (wikipedia.org)

8 months ago | bikenaga | wikipedia.org | newest

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

8 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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

8 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)

8 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | frontpage

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

8 months ago | bikenaga | science.org | best

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

8 months ago | bikenaga | aeaweb.org | newest

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

8 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)

8 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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

9 months ago | bikenaga | edworkingpapers.com | newest

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

9 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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

9 months ago | bikenaga | undark.org | newest

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

9 months ago | bikenaga | aeon.co | newest

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

9 months ago | bikenaga | nature.com | newest

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

9 months ago | bikenaga | bleepingcomputer.com | newest

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

9 months ago | bikenaga | livescience.com | newest

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

9 months ago | bikenaga | livescience.com | newest

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Do black holes explode? The 50-year-old puzzle that challenges quantum physics (nature.com)

9 months ago | bikenaga | nature.com | frontpage

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Lack of focus doesn't equal lack of intelligence (medicalxpress.com)

9 months ago | bikenaga | medicalxpress.com | newest

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German man got 217 Covid shots over 29 months (arstechnica.com)

9 months ago | bikenaga | arstechnica.com | frontpage

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My favorite math jokes [pdf] (arxiv.org)

9 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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I overcame my anxiety to achieve my purpose as a professor (science.org)

9 months ago | bikenaga | science.org | newest

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'Immortal' AI Challenges the Mortal Computation of Humans (noemamag.com)

9 months ago | bikenaga | noemamag.com | newest

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A Transparent, Open-Source Vision for U.S. Elections (undark.org)

9 months ago | bikenaga | undark.org | newest

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College Basketball: An In-Depth Study of the "Foul Up 3" Dilemma [pdf] (arxiv.org)

10 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Researchers show Reddit users caused the famous GameStop 'short squeeze' (phys.org)

10 months ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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Some Intel Core chips keep crashing, game devs complain (theregister.com)

10 months ago | bikenaga | theregister.com | newest

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Secret Collusion Among Generative AI Agents [pdf] (arxiv.org)

10 months ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Study links social media use to increased inflammation over time (medicalxpress.com)

11 months ago | bikenaga | medicalxpress.com | newest

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Potassium-enriched salt is the missing ingredient in hypertension guidelines (eurekalert.org)

11 months ago | bikenaga | eurekalert.org | frontpage

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Impacts of lid closure during toilet flushing (ajicjournal.org)

11 months ago | bikenaga | ajicjournal.org | best

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The puzzling case of a baby who wouldn't stop crying–then began to slip away (arstechnica.com)

11 months ago | bikenaga | arstechnica.com | frontpage

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The Unseen Barriers Around Bathroom Breaks in the Field (undark.org)

11 months ago | bikenaga | undark.org | newest

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'No cash accepted' signs are bad news for unbanked Americans (theconversation.com)

11 months ago | bikenaga | theconversation.com | best

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How to Eat a Big Burger (lifehacks.stackexchange.com)

11 months ago | bikenaga | stackexchange.com | newest

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Global Risks Report 2023 – World Economic Forum [pdf] (weforum.org)

11 months ago | bikenaga | weforum.org | newest

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We'll meet again (letters from Gödel to his mother on an afterlife) (aeon.co)

11 months ago | bikenaga | aeon.co | newest

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The Future of Speech on Campus (bostonreview.net)

11 months ago | bikenaga | bostonreview.net | newest

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The Unexpected Compression: Competition at Work in the Low Wage Labor Market (nber.org)

12 months ago | bikenaga | nber.org | newest

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Lighting a Fire Using Friction (theconversation.com)

a year ago | bikenaga | theconversation.com | newest

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High school math doesn't prepare most students for their college majors (hechingerreport.org)

a year ago | bikenaga | hechingerreport.org | best

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Stronger thigh muscles may prevent knee replacement surgery (eurekalert.org)

a year ago | bikenaga | eurekalert.org | newest

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Lenovo seeks halt of Asus laptop sales over alleged patent infringement (arstechnica.com)

a year ago | bikenaga | arstechnica.com | newest

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Moderating AI-Generated Content on Reddit [pdf] (arxiv.org)

a year ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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36-hour shifts, 80-hour weeks: Workers are being burnt out by overtime (nbcnews.com)

a year ago | bikenaga | nbcnews.com | frontpage

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Lovecraft and Me – How cosmic horror gave me hope (2020) (yalereview.org)

a year ago | bikenaga | yalereview.org | best

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Study probes risks to power plants from electromagnetic pulse (techxplore.com)

a year ago | bikenaga | techxplore.com | newest

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Employment Outcomes for Humanities Majors (amacad.org)

a year ago | bikenaga | amacad.org | newest

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Wasabi improves short- and long-term memory in older people (medicalxpress.com)

a year ago | bikenaga | medicalxpress.com | frontpage

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Everything We Know About 1970s Mainframe RPGs We Can No Longer Play (crpgaddict.blogspot.com)

a year ago | bikenaga | blogspot.com | best

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Is red meat intake linked to inflammation? (eurekalert.org)

a year ago | bikenaga | eurekalert.org | frontpage

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What Are Roundabouts? (techxplore.com)

a year ago | bikenaga | techxplore.com | newest

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An antiquated law rules mining in the West (hcn.org)

a year ago | bikenaga | hcn.org | frontpage

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The exam that broke society (aeon.co)

a year ago | bikenaga | aeon.co | frontpage

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Brain finds it easy to size up four objects but not five – here's why (nature.com)

a year ago | bikenaga | nature.com | newest

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David Brooks thinks Americans are getting meaner (vox.com)

a year ago | bikenaga | vox.com | newest

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The Icosidodecahedron (arxiv.org)

a year ago | bikenaga | arxiv.org | newest

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Senate Confirms Anna Gomez to Break Joe Biden’s FCC Deadlock (theverge.com)

a year ago | bikenaga | theverge.com | newest

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Thousands of Old Wind Turbine Blades Pile Up in West Texas (texasmonthly.com)

a year ago | bikenaga | texasmonthly.com | frontpage

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How election rules affect who wins [pdf] (eitanhersh.com)

a year ago | bikenaga | eitanhersh.com | newest

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How misreading Adam Smith helped spawn deaths of despair (bostonreview.net)

a year ago | bikenaga | bostonreview.net | frontpage

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IARC List – carcinogenic hazards to humans (who.int)

a year ago | bikenaga | who.int | newest

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How private interests benefit from tribal water settlements (hcn.org)

a year ago | bikenaga | hcn.org | newest

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Ninth Dedekind Number Discovered (phys.org)

a year ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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There Could Be Captured Planets in the Oort Cloud (universetoday.com)

a year ago | bikenaga | universetoday.com | newest

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AI-generated academic science writing can be identified with over 99% accuracy (techxplore.com)

a year ago | bikenaga | techxplore.com | newest

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Life before air conditioning: Curly hair kept early humans cool (phys.org)

a year ago | bikenaga | phys.org | newest

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The traffic accidents study exposes the lamentable state of Covid-19 science (junkcharts.typepad.com)

a year ago | bikenaga | typepad.com | frontpage

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MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (csail.mit.edu)

a year ago | bikenaga | mit.edu | newest

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When cryptomining comes to town (effects on the local economy) (nber.org)

a year ago | bikenaga | nber.org | newest

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He made linear algebra fun (news.mit.edu)

a year ago | bikenaga | mit.edu | best