Week of August 14, 2017 Archives
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Monday, August 14
What Ended Three Bronze Age Civilizations?
Ramin Skibba
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Hakai
Damore's Google Manifesto Is Light on Evidence
Mark Hoofnagle
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SciBlogs
No One Will Bet Against Science on August 21st
Henrik Schoeneberg
,
RCS
Stop Hoarding Ancient Bones, Plead Archaeologists
Ewen Callaway
,
Nature
Chimps Play Rock-Paper-Scissors Like Preschoolers
E. Preston
,
Discover
Can the Government Keep Up With A.I.?
Bianca Datta
,
PBS NOVA
Where Does Quantum Uncertainty Come From?
Ethan Siegel
,
Forbes
No, We Aren't All Racists Deep Inside
Michael Shermer
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Scientific American
Spat Over Design of Chinese Telescope Goes Viral
Yongming Huang
,
Science
Tuesday, August 15
TRAPPIST-1 Complex Older Than Our System
Matt Williams
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UT
Total Solar Eclipse: How It Affects Animals
Andrew Fazekas
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Nat Geo
Cassini Skims Saturn's Atmosphere
Jonathan Amos
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BBC News
SpaceX Nails Launch and Landing of CRS-12
Mike Wall
,
Space.com
Ancient Stoneware 'Factory' Unearthed in Galilee
Tia Ghose
,
Live Sci
Solar Sunglasses Produce Power and Shade
Edwin Cartlidge
,
Phys World
Antarctica Sings a Song of Fire and Ice
Nathaniel Scharping
,
Discover
Alcohol Saves Goldfish in Low-Oxygen Environment
Andrew Masterson
,
CM
Australia Authorizes Building of 150 MW Solar Plant
Megan Geuss
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AT
Seaborne Power Stations, the Future of Atomic Energy?
The Economist
Wednesday, August 16
No, Your Job Is Not to Scare People
Alex Berezow
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ACSH
Will Life Without a Home Planet Ever Be Discovered?
Ethan Siegel
,
SWaB!
Mathematicians: Their Classification Compulsion
Kevin Hartnett
,
Quanta
Rare Light Collisions Test Standard Model
John Timmer
,
Ars Tech
Seismic Waves Reveal Depth of Continental Plates
Maria Temming
,
Sci News
Tidally-Locked Exoplanets More Common Than Thought
Daily Galaxy
GMO Tobacco Relative 'Hijacked' to Create Vaccines
James Gallagher
,
BBC
What Purpose Do Leap Years and Seconds Serve?
Jake Port
,
Cosmos
Understanding Circuit Breaker Arcs
Kendra Redmond
,
Physics Central
Ancient Greeks Built Eclipse-Predicting 'Computer'
Tia Ghose
,
Live Sci
Thursday, August 17
Tsar Bomba: the Bomb Too Big to Use
Stephen Dowling
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BBC Future
Solar Eclipses Prove Tides Are Slowing Earth
Paul Sutter
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Space.com
Why Is the Moon Not Visible During a Solar Eclipse?
Ethan Siegel
,
SWaB!
Curb Your Enthusiasm for 'Scientific Breakthroughs'
Robin Bisson
,
Cosmos
Taking Fish Antibiotics Is a Really Bad Idea
Maya Wei-Haas
,
Smithsonian
Fueling the Debate on Adaptive Mutation
Jordana Cepelewicz
,
Quanta
Zika Virus: Where Has It Gone in the Americas?
Jon Cohen
,
Sci Mag
What Causes 'Explosive Auroras' to Flicker?
Jesse Emspak
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Live Science
Lasers Weld Spider Silk to Kevlar
John Timmer
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Ars Technica
Friday, August 18
Voyager's Golden Map Is Hopelessly Wrong
Ethan Siegel
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SWaB!
11-Year Parachute Demonstrates NASA Dysfunction
Eric Berger
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AT
Genetic Giants Produced by Single Tomato Mutation
Andrew Masterson
,
CM
X-37b Mystery Spaceplane Prepares for Launch
Leonard David
,
Space.com
Space Dust EMP Destroys Orbiting Satellites
The Economist
'Micromotor' Robots Treat Ulcers in Mice
Nathaniel Scharping
,
Discover
Smooth Coronal Loops Continue to Confound
Lisa Grossman
,
Science News
Yellow Fever: When Will It Return to Brazil?
Sam Kean
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Science Mag
'Cool' Pavement Creates Environmental Paradox
Glen Martin
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California Mag
Can NASA Save Us From a Supervolcano?
David Cox
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BBC Future
Sunday, August 20
Five Substances That Turned Out Not to Exist
Ross Pomeroy
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RCScience
How Neo-Nazis Dispute Their Genetic Tests
Eric Boodman
,
Stat
China's Plans for Floating Nuclear Reactors
Singer
&
Lin
,
Popular Science
Supervolcanoes Key to a Battery-Powered Future?
Abigail Beall
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Wired UK
The Solar Eclipse Could Cause a Traffic Nightmare
Andrew Hawkins
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Verge
Evolution Happens More Quickly Than You Think
Jonathan Losos
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Sci Friday
Analysis Explains a Few Brown Dwarf Mysteries
Ryan Mandelbaum
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Gizmodo
Light Seen to Scatter Off Light
Edwin Cartlidge
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Physics World
Astronomers Zoom In on a Black Hole's Burps
Lisa Grossman
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ScienceNews
Researcher Mistaken as White Nationalist
Kerry Grens
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The Scientist