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JSTOR Makes Database Accessible to the Public
universitytimes.ie
1 min read · 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
The Teeny, Tiny Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill
WIRED
2 min read · May 13th · All pandemic long, scientists brawled over how the virus spreads. Droplets! No, aerosols! At the heart of the fight was a mysterious error in decades-old research.
MIT Technology Review
AI has cracked a key mathematical puzzle for understanding our world
MIT Technology Review
5 min read · 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…
WIRED
12 Science Books You Should Read Right Now
WIRED
2 min read · 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.
The Guardian
The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life: the new sleep science
The Guardian
~16 min read · 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
National Geographic
How some cities ‘flattened the curve’ during the 1918 flu pandemic
National Geographic
3 min read · 2020-03-28 · Social distancing isn’t a new idea—it saved thousands of American lives during the last great pandemic. Here's how it worked.
Eric Holthaus
The era of 'rapid' climate change has begun
Eric Holthaus
8 min read · Aug 9th · Here's what the new IPCC report says, and what it doesn't, about the most important moment of our lives.
Science Magazine
‘Finally, a virus got me.’ Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects on facing death from COVID-19
Science Magazine
6 min read · 2020-05-09 · Top virologist Peter Piot spent 1 week at a London hospital in April and has been recovering at home since
Aeon+Psyche
If history was more like science, would it predict the future?
Aeon+Psyche
~14 min read · 2020-05-12 · Historians believe that the past is irreducibly complex and the future wildly unpredictable. Scientists disagree. Who’s right?
National Geographic
These are the top 20 scientific discoveries of the decade
National Geographic
~16 min read · 2019-12-05 · The 2010s yielded many incredible finds and important milestones. Here are our favorites.
nature
Ten computer codes that transformed science
nature
~15 min read · Jan 20th · From Fortran to arXiv.org, these advances in programming and platforms sent biology, climate science and physics into warp speed.
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