Adam Mastroianni might have discovered a new human bias. Then, he did something very rare in the scientific community: he self-published his research. Then he wrote this post explaining why peer review, “the greatest scientific experiment in history failed”. His […]
I loved this explanation of the nuclear energy market and the technology advances nearing commercialization. “For the first time, this generation of reactors isn’t 100% government-funded and instead built by venture-backed startups.” | learn more
Writing for the Financial Times, journalist Robin Wigglesworth notes the many things that financial journalists have worried about over the past decade. “What is remarkable about this is how many things basically pretty much came to pass. … And yet, none […]
If the following excerpt doesn’t scare you away, you might enjoy this link. “Eventually my colleagues and I realized that both the information paradox and the newer firewall paradox arose because our attempts to meld quantum mechanics and black hole […]
I can’t do justice to this article with a summary. If you only read one this week, let this be it. It explores this idea: “how do we get to a future where everything grows on trees?” | learn more
“But the nascent bioplastics industry envisions a far bigger role for materials made from corn, sugar, vegetable oils and other renewable materials in the hope of grabbing a larger share of a nearly $600 billion global plastic market.” | learn more
This author is adamant that we are not, but failed to convince me. “People can be awful to one another, inside and outside their own groups. But that is a capacity, not an obligation, and it is not even the […]
“If you were to go back over the past couple of centuries, the vast majority of the most appalling regimes would be republics. Mussolini’s Italy might merit a place, and perhaps Tsarist Russia, which killed a fair few political opponents […]
“Not only are they going back to the future, but they also claim doing so is carbon neutral (spoiler alert: it isn’t, not even close). Nearly 40% of Europe’s so-called renewable energy is currently obtained by combusting wood, much of […]
“The Winchcombe meteorite, which struck a road in the town of Gloucestershire last February, is also believed to contain information about the origins of the water that makes up the planet’s immense seas, according to the Independent.” | learn more