Scientists' reputations are based on getting it right, not being right
Replication is vital for increasing precision and accuracy of scientific claims. However, when replications “succeed” or “fail,” they could have reputational consequences for the claim’s originators....
View ArticleHuman creativity
France have a urinating problem on the streets . So they are attempting to solve the problem http://www.thelocal.fr/20160517/is-this-the-eco-solution-to-frances-wild-peeing-problem Two French inventors...
View ArticleDead body porn.
While many museums around the world have no problem showing visitors naked and dead human bodies playing soccer or doing gymnastics, they have yet to warm up to idea of doing the same with naked and...
View ArticleLife in the ancient Rome
http://www.thelocal.it/20160527/gro...eals-brutal-realities-of-life-in-ancient-rome Why the average ancient Roman worker was dead by 30 Here is to appreciate the blessing of God to mankind.
View ArticleTo strengthen someone's opinion, simply say it's based on morality
Simply telling people that their opinions are based on morality will make them stronger and more resistant to counterarguments, a new study suggests. Researchers found that people were more likely to...
View ArticleShocking number of Flat Earth believers on youtube
I was searching some video about how is Earth moving in respect to Sun and stars and I found some amazing video with very detailed animation on youtube, but I was shocked by the number of people in...
View ArticleLight...spiral not wave
They still can't decide if light travels in quanta or in waves. Look at a helix from the face axis ...a rotating circle. Look at it from the side...a wave.. Light is energy emited from an atom right?...
View Articlevacuum pockets and safety nazis
Please read the text underneath. Humans.... buerocrats... kill! ------------ http://groups.google.ca/groups?selm=cjaq33$23t$1@spock.usc.edu&output=gplain ------------ From: schillin@spock.usc.edu...
View ArticleStories about famous scientists' struggle rather than achievements, help...
We know famous scientists, like Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, maybe Neil deGrasse Tyson, because of their famous achievements, their brilliance. And that is all true. But there is new social science...
View ArticleAnother gun thread
It might have been addressed before, but just for grins let's have a shot at it this way. I understand that Britain and Australia have a no-gun policy, but recently both countries have had incidents in...
View ArticleMass shootings are not America's main gun problem
A lot of the focus of the latest round of the gun control debate in the US has been on the desire to prevent mass shootings. However, mass shootings make up only a tiny fraction (considerably less than...
View ArticleRacial Divisions in the U.S.
Greetings! In another thread that I made, an interesting (and something I personally feel strongly about) topic was brought up. It's about the racial divisions in the U.S. (And don't hesitate to...
View ArticleDon't abandon national referendums, but smaller groups often make wiser choices
New research by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin suggests that larger crowds do not always produce wiser decisions. In fact, when it comes to qualitative...
View ArticleTop universities will offer full degrees online in five years
Founded in California four years ago, Coursera has become one of the world's biggest providers of "massive, open, online courses" - known as Moocs. This online platform currenty has 20 million students...
View ArticleStatisticians issue warning over misuse of P values
P values are commonly used to test (and dismiss) a 'null hypothesis', which generally states that there is no difference between two groups, or that there is no correlation between a pair of...
View ArticleConservatives are less interested than liberals in viewing novel scientific data
Conservatives are less interested than liberals in viewing novel scientific data, according to a psychology researcher at The University of Alabama. Dr. Alexa Tullett, assistant professor of psychology...
View ArticleClass seat location linked with grades
Classroom environments have a recognized impact on student performance. According to “common sense” classroom observations, choosing to sit in the back row(s) is among the most telling signs that...
View ArticleAcademic articles with clickbait titles get more attention and shares online
What makes online content go viral appears to hold for academia as well, or at least for articles in Frontiers in Psychology. According to a recent study, the positive framing of an article's findings...
View ArticleE. Coli has the potential to produce bio fuels and other useful products
I read this article tonight, and found it so remarkable! E. Coli can be useful to us? Amazing. Engineers at Washington University have found a new way to boost bio fuel production in E. coli bacteria...
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