When did people arrive in the Americas? New evidence stokes debate

September 6, 2020

QT from Nature podcast:{{”
I mean first of all, I think we do have a big problem with deliberate outright fraud, but that’s a kind of separate thing from what happens much more commonly. I think there’s a much more common, and in some ways much more kind of insidious because it’s so widespread, problem of bias towards finding exciting, statistically significant results in the literature. So, if you look at the scientific literature, a huge proportion of the findings that are published there are positive results, right, way more than we would expect. In one study, it’s something like over 90% or maybe even more that.
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22 July 2020

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02200-z


Fraud, bias, negligence and hype in the lab — a rogues’ gallery

September 6, 2020

Fraud, bias, negligence and hype in the lab — a rogues’ gallery

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02147-1


NYC Is Full of Ottoman Empire Echoes

September 6, 2020

NYC Is Full of Ottoman Empire Echoes

https://www.thedailybeast.com/nyc-is-full-of-ottoman-empire-echoes


‘Sully’ takes off with Tom Hanks as ‘Miracle’ pilot – CNN

September 5, 2020

https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/entertainment/sully-review/index.html


Detecting elevated body heat – Taking people’s temperatures can help fight the coronavirus | Science & technol ogy | The Economist

September 4, 2020

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/03/26/taking-peoples-temperatures-can-help-fight-the-coronavirus


Asphalt adds to air pollution, especially on hot, sunny days | YaleNews

September 4, 2020

https://news.yale.edu/2020/09/02/asphalt-adds-air-pollution-especially-hot-sunny-days?utm_source=YaleToday&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=YT_YaleToday-Faculty_9-3-2020


The Met and MoMA in New York reopen to the public after months-long shutdowns – The Washington Post

September 3, 2020

The Met and MoMA in New York reopen to the public after months-long shutdowns – The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/i-just-went-to-the-met-and-moma-after-five-months-away-from-museums-someone-please-pick-me-up-off-the-floor/2020/08/31/25ddec28-eb92-11ea-b4bc-3a2098fc73d4_story.html


A Quick Virus Test? Sure, If You Can Afford It – The New York Times

September 2, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/rapid-coronavirus-test.html


report on Yale NSF audit

September 2, 2020

https://www.nsf.gov/oig/_pdf/20-1-007_Yale_University.pdf


Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event – Wikipedia

August 31, 2020

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous%E2%80%93Paleogene_extinction_event ~66 Mya