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If Biased Algorithms Are Everywhere, Does That Mean They Are Ineffective?

Posted by on Jan 23, 2018 in Technology | Comments Off on If Biased Algorithms Are Everywhere, Does That Mean They Are Ineffective?

In 2018, you can guess the politics of many people by which newspapers they read, and you could also do that 100 years ago. Certainly some people, like me, read both the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times but if someone defaults to MSNBC or Fox News, you can estimate their voting record with high levels of accuracy.

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The Center Is Giving Way, The Left Is Driven In – Germany Abandons Emissions Goal

Posted by on Jan 10, 2018 in Energy | Comments Off on The Center Is Giving Way, The Left Is Driven In – Germany Abandons Emissions Goal

German Chancellor Angela Merkel had unkind things to say about America after the country declined to participate in a new agreement, the Paris accords, knowing full well that China had been given unlimited emissions and was not even going to discuss it again until 2030.

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The Center Is Giving Way, The Left Is Driven In – Germany Abandons Emissions Goal

Posted by on Jan 10, 2018 in Energy | Comments Off on The Center Is Giving Way, The Left Is Driven In – Germany Abandons Emissions Goal

German Chancellor Angela Merkel had unkind things to say about America after the country declined to participate in a new agreement, the Paris accords, knowing full well that China had been given unlimited emissions and was not even going to discuss it again until 2030.

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Half Of Women In STEM Have Experienced Gender Discrimination

Posted by on Jan 9, 2018 in Psychology | Comments Off on Half Of Women In STEM Have Experienced Gender Discrimination

A new Pew Research Center survey examining people’s experiences in the workplace and perceptions of fair treatment for women provides just the results you would guess; half of women say they have been subjected to gender discrimination.

The survey was 4,914 U.S. adults was conducted from July 11 to Aug. 10, 2017 and included 2,344 workers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) jobs.

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Half Of Women In STEM Have Experienced Gender Discrimination

Posted by on Jan 9, 2018 in Psychology | Comments Off on Half Of Women In STEM Have Experienced Gender Discrimination

A new Pew Research Center survey examining people’s experiences in the workplace and perceptions of fair treatment for women provides just the results you would guess; half of women say they have been subjected to gender discrimination.

The survey was 4,914 U.S. adults was conducted from July 11 to Aug. 10, 2017 and included 2,344 workers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) jobs.

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The Supreme Court Could Make The Endangered Species Act The Most Powerful Law In America – By Doing Nothing

Posted by on Dec 8, 2017 in Environment | Comments Off on The Supreme Court Could Make The Endangered Species Act The Most Powerful Law In America – By Doing Nothing

The definition of "endangered" is vague but in no dictionary does it mean an animal that does not even live in a state must be placed there, with private landowners footing the bill for $20 million, in order to keep a creature from declining in population.

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The Supreme Court Could Make The Endangered Species Act The Most Powerful Law In America – By Doing Nothing

Posted by on Dec 8, 2017 in Environment | Comments Off on The Supreme Court Could Make The Endangered Species Act The Most Powerful Law In America – By Doing Nothing

The definition of "endangered" is vague but in no dictionary does it mean an animal that does not even live in a state must be placed there, with private landowners footing the bill for $20 million, in order to keep a creature from declining in population.

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Computer Scientist Mark Jacobson Can’t Sue His Way To Competence

Posted by on Nov 3, 2017 in Applied Physics | Comments Off on Computer Scientist Mark Jacobson Can’t Sue His Way To Competence

Starting Science 2.0 in 2006, I was as wide-eyed as anyone new to media could be.  My first month I was sure we were about to discover life on other planets, cancer was going to be cured, chocolate was healthy, resveratrol was the one polyphenol to rule them all. Oh, and academic scientists were going to rush to write for the public because I loved science. (1) 

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Computer Scientist Mark Jacobson Can’t Sue His Way To Competence

Posted by on Nov 3, 2017 in Applied Physics | Comments Off on Computer Scientist Mark Jacobson Can’t Sue His Way To Competence

Starting Science 2.0 in 2006, I was as wide-eyed as anyone new to media could be.  My first month I was sure we were about to discover life on other planets, cancer was going to be cured, chocolate was healthy, resveratrol was the one polyphenol to rule them all. Oh, and academic scientists were going to rush to write for the public because I loved science. (1) 

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Mapping The Wobbles Broke Another Dark Matter Hypothesis

Posted by on Oct 27, 2017 in Space | Comments Off on Mapping The Wobbles Broke Another Dark Matter Hypothesis

It may not seem to make sense but most of the universe - mass - can really only account for about 6 percent of what is going on. The rest of it can be under just about any umbrella at this point. Some call it the God of the Gaps, scientists call the unknown mass Dark Matter.

What is it? No one knows, when it comes to the very large and the very small, physics does not have all the answers, but something has made the universe at least 100 billion light years in size even though it's only 13 billion years old. As you know, a light year is the distance light will travel in that time. Since nothing can go faster than the speed of light, it's long been time to think about what Nothing is.

That's dark matter. And whatever is propelling it can be called Dark Energy.

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