Sabine Hossenfelder
Physicist, blogger, author. Sometimes-songwriter, nighttime-philosopher. Maker of my own misery.
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Zweifel am ersten Corona-Impfstoff: Russisches Roulette - DER SPIEGEL - Wissenschaft
Russland hat den ersten Impfstoff gegen das Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 zugelassen und damit großes Aufsehen erregt. Doch die Verkündung ist eine Mogelpackung - und riskant noch dazu.
Sabine Hossenfelder
Zweifel am ersten Corona-Impfstoff: Russisches Roulette spiegel.de/wissenschaft/m… via @derspiegel
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Why Britain Failed Its Coronavirus Test
Boris Johnson has faced his share of blame for the country’s death count. But the British system was failing long before the coronavirus struck.
Sabine Hossenfelder
This article, after explaining aptly that we do not yet know how much of Brian's Covid fate was bad luck, goes on to blame policy makers nevertheless. And, no, I am not a fan of @BorisJohnson, I just don't like sloppy arguments. #NotImpressed
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Classifying Galaxies with Artificial Intelligence
Astronomers have applied AI to ultra-wide field-of-view images of the distant Universe captured by the Subaru Telescope, and have achieved a very high accuracy for finding and classifying spiral galaxies in those images.
Physics in a second language
Three physicists share their experiences learning and communicating physics in a foreign language: English.
Sabine Hossenfelder
There's a point in this article which I think isn't emphasized enough: We have a tendency to treat people who don't properly speak our language as if they lack intelligence. Fwiw, I am afraid I did this too. It's a bias worth paying attention to.
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Elon Musk's Neuralink Brain Chip Will Soon Allow Users to Take Charge of Moods and Emotions
It can soon help you balance your hormone levels, here's how.
Dark matter shines at Dublin gallery
A glittering visualisation of dark matter by Dutch artist Thijs Biersteker of Woven Studio is on display in the Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin.
The government must respect the autonomy of science to prevent future catastrophes like this one
The individuals, the culture, the structures and the messaging—all are culpable for this appalling outcome
Broken Cable Damages Arecibo Observatory | University of Central Florida News
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Awareness of Our Biases Is Essential to Good Science
Ideological, social and political values have always influenced research
Sabine Hossenfelder
A good piece but has pretty much nothing to do with the concerns @LKrauss1 put forward.
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Sterile Neutrino Down but Not Completely Out
Neutrino experiments place the most stringent limits to date on a hypothetical fourth neutrino, but the possibility that such a particle exists remains open.
Could We Force the Universe to Crash?
If we’re all living in a simulation, as some have suggested, it would be a good, albeit risky, way to find out for sure
Sabine Hossenfelder
Could we force the universe to crash? No, but we might kill off most species on this planet, including ourselves, while we waste science funding on contemplating nonsense like this.
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The Robot Scientists Are Coming. But That's Not a Bad Thing
A small but growing crop of machines is learning to design and carry out its own experiments. How will this change the future of research?
Sabine Hossenfelder
A small but growing crop of machines is learning to design and carry out its own experiments. How will this change the future of research?
By Jennifer Walter
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The Man Whose Science Fiction Keeps Turning Into Our Shitty Cyberpunk Reality
A Q+A with the novelist Tim Maughan, whose disturbing future predictions have had an unfortunate habit of coming true
Sabine Hossenfelder
The Man Whose Science Fiction Keeps Turning Into Our Shitty Cyberpunk Reality by @bcmerchant in @OZM
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Our history is a battle against the microbes: we lost terribly before we developed vaccines to protect ourselves
For most of our history we were losing terribly against the microbes. Only recently did we turn the battle in our favour. Vaccines were a major breakthrough, as the data shows. Now in the fight against the coronavirus too, our biggest hope is to...
Really Big Experiments That Physicists Dream Of
Science News, Physics, Science, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
Getting Rid of Bar Exams Won't Help Anyone - Quillette
For years, affirmative-action proponents have urged colleges and universities to reduce (or eliminate) their reliance on standardized tests as a basis for admission. The COVID-19 pandemic has opened up a window of opportunity for these activists, as...
Tulane Canceled a Talk by the Author of an Acclaimed Anti-Racism Book After Students Said the Event Was 'Violent, Harmful'
In Life of a Klansman, Edward Ball reckons with a white supremacist ancestor. Try explaining that to the students.
Sabine Hossenfelder
Tulane postponed an event with Edward Ball, author of the acclaimed anti-racism book "Life of a Klansman," after students said it was "violent" reason.com/2020/08/06/tul… via @reason
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When Beauty Gets in the Way of Science - Issue 71: Flow - Nautilus
The biggest news in particle physics is no news. In March, one of the most important conferences in the field, Rencontres de Moriond,…
Leadership in times of crisis
Psychologists’ research and expertise can help leaders communicate clearly and support their communities through the pandemic.