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WEB1 day ago · Quick and Clear Science. Study Quantifies Germany’s Disastrous Switch Away From Nuclear Power. At the dawn of the millennium, Germany launched an ambitious plan to transition to... Every Leading Large Language Model Leans Left Politically. Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly integrating into everyday life – as...
How We Discovered a New Type of Wood | RealClearScience
WEB14 hours ago · Softwoods include pines and firs and generally grow faster than hardwoods, like oaks and maples, which can take several decades to mature and make a denser wood. However, our recent research has uncovered something completely new: a third category we’re calling “midwood”. This discovery could prove to be valuable in the fight against ...
Earth May Have Once Had a Ring Like Saturn | RealClearScience
WEB14 hours ago · The rings of Saturn are some of the most famous and spectacular objects in the Solar System. Earth may once have had something similar. In a paper published last week in Earth & Planetary Science Letters, my colleagues and I present evidence that Earth may have had a ring.. The existence of such a ring, forming around 466 million years ago and persisting for a few tens of millions of years ...
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WEB3 days ago · Quick and Clear Science. Study Quantifies Germany’s Disastrous Switch Away From Nuclear Power. At the dawn of the millennium, Germany launched an ambitious plan to transition to... Every Leading Large Language Model Leans Left Politically. Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly integrating into everyday life – as...
Humans Didn't Evolve to Drink Calories | RealClearScience
WEB1 day ago · Humans Didn't Evolve to Drink Calories. By Ross Pomeroy. September 16, 2024. Humans have existed as a distinct species for roughly 315,000 years, and for all but a fraction of that time, we drank just one liquid after weaning: water. Boring, flat, calorie-free, water – with any flavor and texture coming from sediments, bacteria, or excrement.
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WEB4 days ago · Quick and Clear Science. Study Quantifies Germany’s Disastrous Switch Away From Nuclear Power. At the dawn of the millennium, Germany launched an ambitious plan to transition to... Every Leading Large Language Model Leans Left Politically. Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly integrating into everyday life – as...
Astronomers Detect Black Hole 'Starving' Its Host Galaxy
WEB3 hours ago · Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they need to form new stars. The international team, co-led by the University of Cambridge, used Webb to observe a galaxy roughly the size of the Milky Way …
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WEBThe figures are even higher in the US – and rising. The number of people who believe UFO sightings offer likely proof of alien life increased from 20% in 1996 to 34% in 2022. Some 24% of Americans say they’ve seen a UFO. This belief is slightly paradoxical as we have zero evidence that aliens even exist.
How We Reconstructed the Ancestor of All Life on Earth
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Now, our recent study hopes to offer new insights into the origin of life on Earth. Around 375 million years ago, our fish-like ancestors breathed through gills. Over 600 million years ago, the common ancestor of all animals emerged – the microscopic urmetazoan. Billions of years before all of that happened, however, the …
A Fix for Science’s ‘Existential Meaning’ Problem
WEBAug 17, 2024 · A Fix for Science’s ‘Existential Meaning’ Problem. Science has given us so much. We ultimately owe speedy transportation, enthralling entertainment, life-saving advances, full bellies, and longer, healthier lives to individuals who asked questions, developed hypotheses, tested ideas, learned new things, and shared them with the world.
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