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Science is in a reproducibility crisis. This is driven in part by invalid statistical analyses that happen long after the…
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A bright comet visible in December provides an excellent viewing opportunity for night sky lovers – even potentially with…
Whether a technology helps or hurts someone depends not on how much time he spends with it, but how he uses it.
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New research confirms that people tend to rush to judgment, in spite of believing their own decisions and those of others…
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By looking closely at traits like wing feathers and spot patterns, a computer scientist trained an algorithm to recognize…