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One Equation to Rule Them All

Written by Stephen Wells

The general public don’t like mathematics. Maths is hard. Maths is boring. Put an equation in a book and you will half its sales for each one you are foolish enough to insert into the pages of it. Nobody want to read a book full of equations.

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A young star caught forming like a planet

Written by University of Leeds

Astronomers have captured one of the most detailed views of a young star taken to date, and revealed an unexpected companion in orbit around it.

While observing the young star, astronomers led by Dr John Ilee from the University of Leeds discovered it was not in fact one star, but two.

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Study Shows Organic Food Is Worse For The Climate

Written by Chalmers University of Technology

organic farming

(h/t Raining Sky) Organically farmed food has a bigger climate impact than conventionally farmed food, due to the greater areas of land required. This is the finding of a new international study involving Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, published in the journal Nature.

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Study: Neanderthal genes may explain our skull shape

Written by Jack Guy

Neanderthal or Homo sapiens: Do you recognize your skull?

Neanderthal or Homo sapiens: Do you recognize your skull?

Humans have unusually globular (or round) skulls and brains compared to our ancient ancestors — including our closest extinct cousins the Neanderthals — and a new study provides a possible explanation as to why.

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Geminid meteor shower: How and when to watch

Written by Ashley Strickland

Ben Woodgates snapped this photo of the Geminid meteor shower over New Zealand in 2017.

The Geminid meteor shower peaks this week, so hope for clear skies that will let you see a beautiful show of green fireballs on Thursday and Friday. This will be the last — and strongest — meteor shower of the year, according to NASA.

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The Rise of Molten Salt Reactors

Written by www.world-nuclear.org

Molten salt reactors operated in the 1960s. They are seen as a promising technology today principally as a thorium fuel cycle prospect or for using spent LWR fuel.

A variety of designs is being developed, some as fast neutron types. Global research is currently led by China. Some have solid fuel similar to HTR fuel, others have fuel dissolved in the molten salt coolant.

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FDA Finally Admits Dental Fillings are Toxic

Written by Thomas Corriher

As part of a lawsuit settlement with several consumer groups, the F.D.A. was finally forced to publicly admit that all “silver” dental filling are poisoned with mercury. These facts have been known, and covered up, for 30 years.

The dental amalgam attacks the brain as it is absorbed into the blood, and fumes that are emitted whenever one of its victims chews.

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Water found on asteroid by OSIRIS-REx explorer

Written by Ashley Strickland

NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, reached the asteroid Bennu only a week ago, but it’s already learning more about this time capsule from the early solar system.

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Is Mysterious South Polar Heating Electrical?

Written by Donald Scott

A new scientific paper attempts to explain a mystery at our planet’s South Pole.

A team of investigators from the British Antarctic Survey discovered a localized area where the Antarctic Ice sheet is melting “unexpectedly quickly.” Using radar, they found that some of the ice in a three kilometer thick layer appears to be missing.

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Ancient plague wiped out European farmers

Written by Jack Guy

The remains of a 20-year-old woman who might have been killed by the first plague pandemic.

The remains of a 20-year-old woman who might have been killed by the first plague pandemic.

The fearsome disease known as the plague might help explain a mystery that has puzzled scientists for years.

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SNOW : Setting The Record Straight

Written by Jamie Spry

SNOW - Climatism

The problem with lying or perpetuating a scam is that you have to be aware of the spin you’ve spun to get you there.

IN the realm of climate and weather, you pray to god (or Gaia) that the prognostications and rules, as laid out by the “97%” of ‘experts’, come to fruition or go close enough to bolster your position.

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