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Blondes are not dumb after all, researchers claim - 4 views

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    Once more, science at the service of humankind...
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Is it Pokemon or Big Data? - 6 views

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    See title...
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Dutch cyclists have longer lives say researchers - 0 views

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    It's official. But note the clause: *Dutch* cyclists...
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Intelligent Machines - BBC News - 3 views

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    AI week on BBC - interesting opportunity to get a glimpse into how the field is viewed by laymen...
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Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science - 1 views

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    Apparently, between 33 to 50%. But I'm not convinced the results are reproducible...
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An intellectually challenging game of loop - 3 views

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    In case you are looking for inspiration for a new piece of ACT's meeting room furniture... "This is almost an example, not of mathematics but how mathematics changes when it becomes physics"
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ISS astronauts bite into space-grown lettuce - 0 views

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    Next great step for humankind. "... and we're standing by now for the first consumption of one of these red romaine lettuce leaves ..." :-)
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Tesla reveals robotic snake car charger - 2 views

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    Quoting Elon Musk, "it does seem kinda wrong"...
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    Precisely!
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PLOS Computational Biology: Ten Simple Rules for Organizing an Unconference - 1 views

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    For future reference... At the same time, a crowdsourced article: "We began the crowdsourcing by collecting a list of possible rules for the article via a git-controlled repository" SVN would be so 2000-ish...
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Shop which knows your name - 6 views

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    I'm sure Leo will love it. Yet another argument not to have a facebook account or a smartphone.
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    Ditched? I never had either! But then on the other hand a recent Dilbert summarised me pretty well...
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Ambition - 0 views

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    Visit the main ESA website and you'll be greeted with a 6-minute Rosetta promo movie by a kickass Polish artist... P.S. You can also find the video here. P.P.S It seems I've just discovered a way to hijack old diigo entries ;-)
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The Highlight of the Scientific Calendar, 2014 - 7 views

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    It's out there for TWO days and no one has posted it here yet? What's happening to the ACT... In any case, yet-another-year-ACT-didn't-make-it... Better luck next time.
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    I think e.g. de Tommaso et al. results have application in almost any business, ESA notwithstanding, in terms of implications for optimal office decor...
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Neural Network simulation chip from IBM - 1 views

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    There you go, the latest-and-greatest chip is there. Now the only remaining tiny detail - program it.
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Nice job opportunity at ESA - 7 views

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    Anyone's going to apply? Just so that I know my competition... ;-)
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F9R First Flight Test - 3 views

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    In case you have not seen this one yet...
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences - Syncing your brain: electric currents to enhance cognition - 0 views

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    Yes, you read correctly. Apply current to your brain to get smarter. Ariadna anyone?
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Here come gravitational waves - 3 views

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    Here you go. You can now scrap Lisa altogether. Who's going to tell Pacome?
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Information Preservation and Weather Forecasting for Black Holes - 2 views

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    S. Hawking argues black holes might not exist: "The absence of event horizons mean that there are no black holes - in the sense of regimes from which light can't escape to infinity." Physicists will likely appreciate...
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Cassini's Pale Blue Dot - 2 views

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    Earth, as seen from Saturn...
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Experimental realization of an optical second with strontium lattice clocks - 0 views

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    "Our system of five clocks connects with an unprecedented consistency the optical and the microwave worlds." Interesting?
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