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A typical child knows about one child with cancer. Back-of-the-envelope, the number a child knows would be (incidence rate of childhood cancer) * (typical K-8 size), but doubled si…

Basic research has a lot in common with startups. The unicorn rate is The current research system has serious problems, but we need accurate criticism to build a better future. "YC…

Bush's report was submitted in the months between the German surrender and the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan. It was a remarkable context for scientific optimism , given th…

Passenger jet engines, nitrogen fixation, silicon fabs -- these don't just magically appear. It takes careful reasoning and years of exploration in the vast ocean of ideas. Most pl…

I'm an astrophysicist. I love the idea of shaking up how we do science, but MOND models really aren't that compelling for a practicing scientist (I would love to be wrong). I perio…

How did you get this view, if you don't mind me asking? Is there something happening that is local to you? I'm not trying to accuse you of anything, but I'm surprised for someone t…

The language of science is mathematics, so code that more closely resembles mathematical notation can be more efficient for practicing scientists to understand. There's a lot of va…

(I'm actually immigrating to Toronto later this year.) I understand your frustrations over immigration policy, and it's certainly not racist to wish for Canadians to enjoy the frui…

You can certainly achieve the Rust plotting solution for Julia by compiling a plotting package with PackageCompiler. I use this for day-to-day research tasks. However, Julia users …