9 Best Articles in 2021
Science Magazine
Artificial intelligence is evolving all by itself
Science Magazine
2 min read · 632 saves · 2020-04-13 · Advance replicates decades of AI research in days
The New Yorker
The Day the Dinosaurs Died
The New Yorker
502 saves · 2019-02-01 · A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth.
Nautilus Magazine
Is Matter Conscious?
Nautilus Magazine
~12 min read · 474 saves · 2020-02-28 · The nature of consciousness seems to be unique among scientific puzzles. Not only do neuroscientists have no fundamental explanation…
The New Yorker
The Contrarian Coronavirus Theory That Informed the Trump Administration
The New Yorker
5 min read · 464 saves · 2020-03-29 · Richard Epstein, a professor at N.Y.U. School of Law, discusses two articles he wrote, on the Hoover Institution Web site, entitled “Coronavirus Perspective” and “Coronavirus Overreaction,” and his…
universitytimes.ie
JSTOR Makes Database Accessible to the Public
universitytimes.ie
1 min read · 449 saves · 2020-03-19 · The online academic resource has made over 6,000 ebooks and over 150 journals accessible without the need for an online login.
WIRED
12 Science Books You Should Read Right Now
WIRED
2 min read · 423 saves · 2019-12-24 · Snuggle up with these 2019 books on the so-called language of God, dirty drugmakers, and the future of food and booze.
MIT Technology Review
AI has cracked a key mathematical puzzle for understanding our world
MIT Technology Review
4 min read · 420 saves · 2020-10-30 · Unless you’re a physicist or an engineer, there really isn’t much reason for you to know about partial differential equations. I know. After years of poring over them in undergrad while studying…
National Geographic
How some cities ‘flattened the curve’ during the 1918 flu pandemic
National Geographic
3 min read · 376 saves · 2020-03-27 · Nina Strochlic · Social distancing isn’t a new idea—it saved thousands of American lives during the last great pandemic. Here's how it worked.
The Guardian
The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life: the new sleep science
The Guardian
~16 min read · 376 saves · From 2017 · Leading neuroscientist Matthew Walker on why sleep deprivation is increasing our risk of cancer, heart attack and Alzheimer’s – and what you can do about it
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Nature
Ten computer codes that transformed science
Nature
~14 min read · 166 saves · Jan 20th · Jeffrey M. Perkel · From Fortran to arXiv.org, these advances in programming and platforms sent biology, climate science and physics into warp speed.
CoinDesk
Sci-Hub Is Now On the 'Uncensorable Web'
CoinDesk
2 min read · 130 saves · Jan 12th · Sci-Hub, a pirate database of academic papers using bitcoin for funding, has joined the distributed web's domain names network Handshake.
ScienceAlert
Our Cells Have a Mysterious 'Quantum Sense'. For The First Time, Scientists See It in Action
ScienceAlert
3 min read · 112 saves · Jan 8th · Seeing our world through the eyes of a migratory bird would be a rather spooky experience. Something about their visual system allows them to 'see' our planet's magnetic field, a clever trick of…
The New Yorker
Science’s Demons, from Descartes to Darwin and Beyond
The New Yorker
8 min read · 103 saves · Jan 8th · How supernatural conceptions have advanced our understanding of the natural universe.
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Top 100 Scientific Papers Published in 2020
altmetric.com
100 saves · Jan 20th · What research caught the public imagination in 2020? Check out our annual list of papers with the most attention.
Science Magazine
Scientists ‘program’ living bacteria to store data
Science Magazine
2 min read · 91 saves · Jan 11th · New method enables electronic conversion of data into DNA
Nature
The secret forces that squeeze and pull life into shape
Nature
8 min read · 79 saves · Jan 13th · Amber Dance · Scientists are getting to grips with the role of mechanical forces in the body, from embryo to adult.
Open Culture
“The Most Intelligent Photo Ever Taken”: The 1927 Solvay Council Conference, Featuring Einstein, Bohr, Curie, Heisenberg, Schrödinger…
Open Culture
2 min read · 74 saves · Jan 21st · Josh Jones · A curious thing happened at the end of the 19th century and the dawning of the 20th. As European and American industries became increasingly confident in their methods of invention and production,…
The New Yorker
CRISPR and the Splice to Survive
The New Yorker
7 min read · 74 saves · Jan 18th · Elizabeth Kolbert · New gene-editing technology could be used to save species from extinction—or to eliminate them.
TIME
How mRNA Technology Could Upend the Drug Industry
TIME
~12 min read · 65 saves · Jan 11th · Inside the remarkable scientific discoveries behind the new COVID-19 vaccines
