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> Bowditch: [...] A spy there under our very roof was our babysitter, Klaus… more
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> Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions… more
> In a recent Ecology and Evolution paper, biologists at the University of… more
> President Luis Abinader has compared the illegal granceras business (open-pit… more
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> Specific, evidence-based recommendations were made to 21 million Chinese… more
> Reaching "peak agricultural land" does not mean the problem of deforestation… more
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> After sustained campaigning in Britain, the Slavery Abolition Act came into… more
> Hector is a cumulonimbus thundercloud cluster that forms regularly nearly… more
> Canadian-grown wheat, canola and peas have some of the lowest carbon… more
> Droughts are generally two-year events. A year of dry weather means water… more
> In total, the median prompt—one that falls in the middle of the range of… more
> Did you see that gorgeous photo NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers took on July 3,… more
> The study, led by researchers at UC Berkeley and Oxford, tracked over 100,000… more
> The ability of Australia’s farmers to produce more wheat for a growing global… more
The comments are worth reading. One of the authors explains the resistance they… more
> When completed, the project - also known as the Motuo Hydropower Station -… more
> Since NASA’s JWST observatory began peering into the distant universe in… more
> On the southern tip of the Indonesian vacation hotspot known for its beaches,… more
> Starting as individual traveling traders, the Hansa built up coalitions for… more
> Malaysia has banned plastic waste imports from the U.S. starting Tuesday… more
> In 2023, about 90% of old or faulty solar panels in the U.S. ended up in… more
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Here's a rather verbose series of blog posts that's intended to introduce… more
Much of the story in this New Yorker article is familiar, but here are some… more
> The researchers found an average of around 100 microplastic particles per… more
> In the 1930s, the Los Angeles Welfare Department began deporting hospital… more
In Bret Devereaux's Fourth of July post, he starts with a bit of history just… more
> In August 2022, three researchers at Khan Academy, a popular math practice… more
> Like most people who work with words for a living, I’ve watched the rise of… more
> By comparing each new image in that movie with what has come before, Rubin… more
> Clocking in at over 10 million degrees, the filament contains around 10 times… more
> PALMER: Yeah, so there's two things that protect Florence. One of them, the… more
> The import/export feature, which Apple demonstrated at this week’s Worldwide… more
> Monumental in its conception, extravagant in its execution, and epic in its… more
From Ada Palmer’s guest post on John Scalzi’s blog (promoting her new book): more
> With support from a generous grant from the Atwoods, we’re aiming to send… more
> This bias-variance decomposition is always true for the squared loss. It’s… more
> When Duke Cosimo wanted to build his elevated private commuter tunnel, those… more
> Historically, about 60% to 70% of Rossmoor homes have typically sold for… more
> The way to understand these coins is this: these societies had already been… more