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Revan343, in Peter Higgs, physicist who discovered Higgs boson, dies aged 94

I wonder if his funeral will have mass

tacosanonymous, in Viagra linked to 50 percent reduction of Alzheimer's risks in new study

Nice try, Pfizer.

conditional_soup, in Persistent interaction patterns across social media platforms and over time

Lmao at Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter being similar toxicity. Lmfao at YouTube somehow looking less toxic than those three. And also a strong “holy shit” for Gab, Telegram and Voat blowing Reddit, Twitter, and Facebook out of the water.

furrowsofar,

I liked the Usenet and Reddit similarity. They both seamed to have more length stable patterns then the others. Also similar platforms in a lot of ways. Usenet ironically was the one that showed some declining toxicity with conversation length.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod, in Happy Pi Day!
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I thought this Thursday felt particularly irrational

JoBo, in Happy Pi Day!

31/4 is weeks away?

JeremyMallin,
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@JoBo @luciole
In my religion, that's just 1/5. 😉

luciole,
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3/14 is a weird way to write March 14th, but April 31st is just not happening.

JoBo, (edited )

3/14 is much weirder, only around 5% of the global population instantly know what date it refers to. The rest of us have to realise that a USian is the author to make any sense of it.

But it does give you a pi day, so there’s that.

deegeese, in Comparing the carbon footprints of urban and conventional agriculture

This basically confirms the conventional wisdom that backyard gardens are great, but farms belong outside cities.

pudcollar, in Why Do So Many Mental Illnesses Overlap?
some_guy, in Elite researchers in China say they had ‘no choice’ but to commit misconduct

What truly sucks about misaligned incentives in any environment is the impediment to science overall when people chase bad results trying to replicate false results.

LibertyLizard, in 6,000 years ago, men and women -and those migrated from other locations- had equal access to resources, research finds

Very interesting! I am curious how modern populations would show up if tested by this method.

Kwakigra, in Human-like intelligence in animals is far more common than we thought
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Rats are known to be more intelligent than us. When it comes to problem solving in as short a time as possible they win. Humans are not the samrtest animals, we are the animals capable of learning through abstract means. Our brains can encode lessons and decode them with nothing more than language. That’s what separates us. We thankfully have less need of intelligence than other animals. Despite appearances, we are the wisest animals rather than the smartest.

t3rmit3,

Not only humans can use language to impart abstract concepts. Crows have been observed sharing information about danger to crows who are not present to witness the danger themselves, but then successfully recognize it in the future. They’ve also been found to be able to create tools they have not seen before in order to solve problems.

Koko the gorilla was also famous for her abstract thinking. Others species include dolphins and elephants, and obviously we haven’t tested most species out there.

Kwakigra,
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Songbirds fascinate me. I hope we can decode some crow oral history one day.

Coskii, in Microplastics found in every human testicle in study
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Huh. I wonder if maybe covering nearly every single product in it, mixing cloth with it, and generally using it for everything large or small might not have been the way to avoid being completely full or microplastics.

Tai, in Microplastics found in every human testicle in study
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Whew, I i sure am glad I didnt take part in that study then huh

runeko,
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I think maybe you did, and so did I. “Every human testicle.” Question is: when did they sneakily test everyone’s testicles?

thebes,
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@runeko @Tai Every New Year's when the Ball drops

eveninghere, in Harassment of scientists is surging — institutions aren’t sure how to help

The governments are abusing researchers. How do institutions even help them?

Cybermonk_Taiji, in “Nothing” doesn’t exist. Instead, there is “quantum foam”

Nothing not existing is like its whole identity.

AmidFuror, in An amazing footage was captured during a Total solar eclipse

I came to complain about the headline (An amazing footage). Then I read part of the article. Holy balls that's bad writing.

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