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death count These are the two COVID-19 data sites I incessantly check Jason Weisberger
espresso Espresso is better with fewer beans, more coarsely ground Mark Frauenfelder
carrots not sticks Yet another study shows that the most effective "anti-piracy" strategy is good products at a fair price Cory Doctorow
research How the Director of Research for Radiolab finds story ideas Mark Frauenfelder
paralysis Wheelchairs could one day be a relic of the past thanks to this amazing discovery Séamus Bellamy
good fences make good neighbors Open offices sap collaboration and productivity, reducing face-to-face time by 70% Andrea James
information science Arnold Schwarzenegger has appeared in over 15,000 published scientific studies Andrea James
double standard Study: Publishers sell books written by women for less than those written by men Séamus Bellamy
Bajau people Why Indonesia's Bajau people can stay submerged under water longer than you or me Séamus Bellamy
false choices IBM Security survey finds users value "security" over "convenience" Cory Doctorow
scince As more published reports tout ayahuasca benefits, researchers push back against criminalization Andrea James
Ig Nobels Are cats solid or liquid? And other award-winning absurd scientific research of 2017 David Pescovitz
sex differentiation Evolutionary psychologists are very butthurt about the new Scientific American Andrea James
sexualty Maybe sexting wasn't quite the crisis they warned us about Andrea James
lepidopterist Watch researchers modify caterpillars, revealing wing development inside cocoons Andrea James
next-level googling Advanced de-faking: using public sources to trace the true age of a suspected propaganda video Cory Doctorow