Posts Tagged ‘x78retwee’

Who is Camille Noûs, the fictitious French researcher with nearly 200 papers? | Science | AAAS

March 27, 2021

Good article. Wouldn’t the inclusion of a fictitious author be against Science Magazine policy? I see this as a further degradation of the meaning of authorship.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/who-camille-no-s-fictitious-french-researcher-nearly-200-papers

Why Does the Pandemic Seem to Be Hitting Some Countries Harder Than Others? | The New Yorker

March 21, 2021

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/01/why-does-the-pandemic-seem-to-be-hitting-some-countries-harder-than-others

Sunlight Changes Unequally All Year Long – Scientific American

March 21, 2021

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sunlight-changes-unequally-all-year-long/

Today is the Vernal #Equinox. Related to this, found this graphic from @SciAm illuminating. It implies that today has the greatest gain in daylight for the year. (~3′ increase here in New England.)
https://twitter.com/RobinLloyd99/status/1364577227132780546

6:56 AM
Friday, March 19, 2021 (EDT)
Sunrise in Branford, CT

7:02 PM
Friday, March 19, 2021 (EDT)
Sunset in Branford, CT

6:54 AM
Saturday, March 20, 2021 (EDT)
Sunrise in Branford, CT

7:04 PM
Saturday, March 20, 2021 (EDT)
Sunset in Branford, CT

Terrifying footage shows collapse of Arecibo Observatory’s massive radio telescope | Space

March 13, 2021

https://www.space.com/arecibo-observatory-collapse-drone-video-nsf-evaluation

JPG File Sells for $69 Million, as ‘NFT Mania’ Gathers Pace – The New York Times

March 11, 2021

Wonder how much a PDF of a PhD student’s thesis would be worth?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/arts/design/nft-auction-christies-beeple.html

The Risks of Building Too Many Bio Labs | The New Yorker

March 10, 2021

https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-risks-of-building-too-many-bio-labs

The coronavirus is here to stay — here’s what that means

February 21, 2021

endemic
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00396-2

Antibody Tests Can’t Measure COVID-19 Immunity – The Atlantic

February 20, 2021

Antibody Tests Can’t Measure COVID-19 Immunity – The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/02/misuing-antibody-tests/617981/

Nice discussion of antibody tests

The Skeletons at the Lake | The New Yorker

February 20, 2021

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/14/the-skeletons-at-the-lake
Ancient DNA

How to Calculate the String Angle of a Kite vs. a Balloon | WIRED

February 20, 2021

Great explanation of the physics!
https://www.wired.com/story/how-calculate-string-angle-kite-vs-balloon