Sabine Hossenfelder
Physicist, blogger, author. Sometimes-songwriter, nighttime-philosopher. Maker of my own misery.
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Effect predicted by Albert Einstein spotted in a double-star system
This effect, known as gravitational redshift, is critical for maintaining GPS on Earth.
Sabine Hossenfelder
Effect predicted by Albert Einstein spotted in a double-star system
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Climate scientists fly more often than other researchers
Survey finds climate scholars take more flights on average per year — but make greater effort to offset their emissions.
Stellungnahmen - Die Junge Akademie
Homepage der Jungen Akademie an der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin
Black In Physics 3MT Watch link
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Klimaziele nur mit Atomkraft umsetzbar - sagt die Atomenergieorganisation - DER SPIEGEL - Wissenschaft
Dass der Chef der Internationalen Atomenergiebehörde für die Kernkraft wirbt, ist vielleicht nicht überraschend. Doch Rafael Grossi verweist auf den Klimaschutz - und kritisiert den deutschen Atomausstieg.
Sabine Hossenfelder
Rafael Grossi: Atomenergiebehörde hält Klimaziele nur mit Kernkraft für umsetzbar spiegel.de/wissenschaft/t… via @derspiegel
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Climate scientists throw cold water on 'Arctic methane bomb' report
A research team made a worrisome discovery off the Siberian coast, The Guardian reports. The scientists say they believe they are first to uncover observational evidence that frozen methane deposits in the Arctic Ocean have started to be released...
How Can Climate Be Predictable if Weather Is Chaotic? | RealClearScience
How Can Climate Be Predictable if Weather Is Chaotic? | RealClearScience
Fourth National Climate Assessment: Executive Summary
This report is an authoritative assessment of the science of climate change, with a focus on the United States. It represents the second of two volumes of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, mandated by the Global Change Research Act of 1990.
How can climate be predictable if weather is chaotic?
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Enormous Antarctic glacier on brink of collapse could raise sea levels by half a metre
Ice sheet may reach tipping point where it becomes unstoppable driver of sea level rise
NASA to Announce New Science Results About Moon
NASA will announce an exciting new discovery about the Moon from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) at a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 26.
Quantum Time Twist Offers a Way to Create Schrödinger’s Clock
Physicists describe a way to merge quantum theory with Einstein’s special theory of relativity—and even a method to test it experimentally
Sabine Hossenfelder
An interesting experiment, but an unfortunate headline (and comment inside). Dirac merged quantum theory with special relativity 100 years ago. (What's not working is the merger with *general* relativity.)
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Lauterbach fordert Ärztekammer-Präsident zum Rücktritt auf - DER SPIEGEL - Wissenschaft
Der Präsident der deutschen Ärztekammer bezeichnet die Maskenpflicht in einer Talkshow als "Vermummungsgebot". SPD-Gesundheitsexperte Karl Lauterbach findet das nicht haltbar - und fordert seinen Rücktritt.
Big Trouble in a Deep Void
The following is a guest post by Indranil Banik, Moritz Haslbauer, and Pavel Kroupa (bios at end) based on their new paper Modifying gravity to save cosmology Cosmology is currently in a major cris…
Sabine Hossenfelder
"A dark matter-MOND hybrid thus appears to be a very promising way to resolve the current crisis in cosmology."
This is what the data have been screaming at us for decades.
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Particle Physicists Continue to Make Empty Promises | RealClearScience
Particle Physicists Continue to Make Empty Promises | RealClearScience
The false promise of herd immunity for COVID-19
Why proposals to largely let the virus run its course — embraced by Donald Trump’s administration and others — could bring “untold death and suffering”.
Sabine Hossenfelder
Please stop quoting numbers on heard immunity or even infection rates without uncertainty estimates. Uncertainty estimates are essential to making risk assessments.
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What is the role of Science in a distrustful world?
What is the role of Science in a distrustful world?
Poland Court Ruling Effectively Bans Legal Abortions
The decision, which cannot be appealed, halts pregnancy terminations for fetal abnormalities, virtually the only type currently performed in the country.
Sabine Hossenfelder
The @Europarl_EN should send a clear message to Polish women that they are welcome to seek a legal abortion in other EU countries. And the @Bundestag should finally make abortion legal in Germany (and do something about their twitter account). #WTF2020
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SENSEI: Direct-Detection Results on sub-GeV Dark Matter from a New Skipper CCD
A new sensor provides world-leading sensitivity for distinguishing lightweight dark matter from background noise.