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Computer programming languages can impact science and thought

By Guest PostDecember 26, 2017Sciencecode golf, computer, gary lupyan, knowledge lab, programming language, project, Science, thought, topcoder

Knowledge Lab project to investigate programming features and data science environments

For decades, fierce debates have raged over the benefits of different programming languages over others: Java vs. C++; Python vs. Ruby; Flask vs. Django. While often waged with fervor by computer scientists and programmers, these debates tend to rely on anecdotal evidence, with very little rigorous comparison of programming approaches or the larger question of how software may augment human thinking. (more…)

Antidote for partisanship? In science, curiosity seems to work

By Guest PostMay 15, 2017Scienceantidote for partisanship, climate change, dan kahan, echo chamber effect, fracking, gun control, Science

Disputes over science-related policy issues such as climate change or fracking often seem as intractable as other politically charged debates. But in science, at least, simple curiosity might help bridge that partisan divide, according to new research. (more…)

This is What Science Looks Like at NC State: Mira Abed

By Guest PostMarch 7, 2017Education, Sciencedavid hinks, dsscs, dye sensitized, mira abed, nc state, photochemistry, ruthenium, Science, solar cells, solar energy technologies

If you had told me ten years ago that I’d be a Ph.D. student studying solar energy technologies, I would have laughed in your face.

No, really. (more…)

Sex and the Science of Testing Meds: You Don’t Know the Half of It

By Guest PostMay 15, 2016Health, Science, Sexcarolyn mazure, Science, sex

In 2013, the Food and Drug Administration cut the dosage for the sleep aid Ambien in half for women because it left them drowsy in the morning and more at risk for accidents.

That was 21 years after the drug was approved for sale. (more…)

Science through the eyes of an artist

By Guest PostOctober 22, 2015Culture, Science2023, bangladesh paramilitary forces, Chile, identifying mobile scam, military power ranking, mobile scam, oils, paramilitary forces, paying with cryptocurrency, poorly constructed messages, Science, social engineering, unlike, use of word

ANN ARBOR — “Don’t you feel like you’re taking a dip in the lake as you come into the gallery?” asks Sara Adlerstein-Gonzalez as she enters the Washington Street Gallery in downtown Ann Arbor, arms outreached as if she could feel the ocean breeze, paintings charged with blues and occasionally green and brown specks on both sides of the entrance. (more…)

Lighter, Cheaper Radio Wave Device Could Transform Telecommunications

By Guest PostDecember 27, 2014Scienceandrea alu, integrated circuits, normal colonoscopy, rongguang ron liang, Science, selbstfahrende autos, Technology, telecommunication, university of texas, verantwortliche kuenstliche intelligenz

AUSTIN, Texas — Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have achieved a milestone in modern wireless and cellular telecommunications, creating a radically smaller, more efficient radio wave circulator that could be used in cellphones and other wireless devices, as reported in the latest issue of Nature Physics. (more…)

Growing inequalities make science more of a ‘winner takes all’ field

By Guest PostJune 3, 2014ScienceBeijing, crowd worker, economic inequality, globalization, joe silber, klickarbeiter, outsourcing, Science, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR — As new research documents growing inequalities in health and wealth, the gap between “haves” and “have-nots” is growing in the field of scientific research itself, says University of Michigan sociologist Yu Xie.

“It’s surprising that more attention has not been paid to the large, changing inequalities in the world of scientific research, given the preoccupation with rising social and economic inequality in many countries,” said Xie, research professor at the U-M Institute for Social Research and professor of sociology, statistics and public policy. (more…)

Meeresbewohner auf der Roten Liste

By Guest PostMay 12, 2014NatureEconomy, Health, landwirtschaft, meeresschutzexperte, Nature, naturschutz, noaa, plastik, Politics, Science, stephan lutter, umgang, Wikipedia, Wordpress 2.3, wwf

Hamburg, 12.05.2012: Tierische und pflanzliche Meeresbewohner stehen unter Druck: 30 Prozent der marinen Arten in deutschen Nord- und Ostseegewässern sind gefährdet. Dies geht aus der „Roten Liste“ der marinen Arten, die das Bundesamt für Naturschutz heute veröffentlichte hervor. „Diese Bestandsaufnahme verdeutlicht, dass wir unsere Meere besser schützen müssen, um die Vielfalt des marinen Lebens zu bewahren. Das Meer braucht auch Ruhezonen ohne menschliche Eingriffe wie Fischerei oder Rohstoffabbau, um sich zu erholen“, kommentiert Stephan Lutter, Meeresschutzexperte des WWF. Auch Düngemitteleintrag aus der Landwirtschaft und Verschmutzung durch Plastik oder chemische Stoffe schädigen die Lebensräume im Meer und ihre Bewohner. (more…)

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