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Comedians regale skeptics with tales of cats in space and aliens in Ancient Britain
Posted by Science news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk.
Stand-up comedians Helen Keen and Matt Parker perform for Skeptics in the Pub at the Monarch in Camden on 23 December
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Learn to love uncertainty and failure, say leading thinkers | Edge question
Posted by Alok Jha.
Planet's biggest brains answer this year's Edge question: 'What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?'Being comfortable with uncertainty, knowing the limits of what science can tell us, and understanding the worth of failure a...
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The US embassy cables enigma | Jonathan Farley
Posted by Jonathan Farley.
Don't want people to read your stuff? Easy – send it in code. So why didn't the state department make itself WikiLeaks-proof?When I was an undergraduate at Harvard, an astronomer from Berkeley came over to the physics building to give a talk. His nam...
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- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation • Review articleCell, Volume 144, Issue 5, March 2011, Pages 646-674 | Hanahan, D.; Weinberg, Robert A. […]
- Neural network applications in business: A review and analysis of the literature (1988-95) • ArticleDecision Support Systems, Volume 19, Issue 4, April 1997, Pages 301-320 | Wong, B.K.; Bodnovich, T.A.; Selvi, Y. […]
- TiO"2 photocatalysis and related surface phenomena • Review articleSurface Science Reports, Volume 63, Issue 12, December 2008, Pages 515-582 | Fujishima, A.; Zhang, X.; Tryk, D.A. […]
- Biodiesel production: a review • ArticleBioresource Technology, Volume 70, Issue 1, October 1999, Pages 1-15 | Ma, F.; Hanna, M.A. […]
- Hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials for ethanol production: a review • ArticleBioresource Technology, Volume 83, Issue 1, May 2002, Pages 1-11 | Sun, Y.; Cheng, J. […]
