Video: What they don't teach you about climate change
We all know about the greenhouse effect, but how many of us actually understand it?
Materials Science
Apr 20, 2023
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The limits of expert judgment: Lessons from social science forecasting during the pandemic
Imagine being a policymaker at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. You have to decide which actions to recommend, how much risk to tolerate and what sacrifices to ask your citizens to bear.
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2023
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Video: Why calcium hydroxide + corn is key to understanding Western civilization and tacos
In the world of corn tortillas, a fierce debate rages: Is it okay to make them from pre-made corn flour, or do you need to go all the way back to dried corn kernels to make truly "from scratch" tortillas?
Other
Feb 9, 2023
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A tool to detect higher-order phenomena in real-world data
EPFL researchers have developed a novel approach to network analysis that allows them to reveal and interpret, for the first time, interactions among multiple variables in data from neuroscience, economics, and epidemiology.
General Physics
Jan 16, 2023
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Video: Some sugar-free gummy bears are laxatives
Sugar-free gummies are delicious, low on calories and … technically laxatives?
Other
Nov 14, 2022
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Moving beyond the media's 'deficit lens' is essential for racialized people to claim belonging
Australia's mainstream media has long viewed refugees, migrants and Indigenous communities through a "deficit lens." That's where these populations—in all their glorious complexity—are framed simply as a "problem" that ...
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2022
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Ye and Adidas break up: Why brand marriages sometimes go bad
Brand partnerships between seemingly disparate companies or organizations are all around us.
Social Sciences
Nov 7, 2022
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Gun violence across America: Unexpected trends revealed by statistical analysis
Only a handful of U.S. states showed a surge in gun violence incidents in mid-2020 during civil unrest at the start of COVID-19 lockdowns and the murder of George Floyd, a new study finds.
Mathematics
Nov 1, 2022
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How serial killers captured popular culture
Serial murderers aren't all the same. The FBI distinguishes between "disorganized" serial killers, who strike without planning or logic and often don't cover their tracks, and "organized" killers, who do plan and cover their ...
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2022
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The Nobel winners who helped prove quantum 'spooky action'
Physicists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger developed experimental tools that helped prove quantum entanglement—a phenomenon Albert Einstein famously dismissed as "spooky action at a distance"—is real, paving ...
General Physics
Oct 4, 2022
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