Science and reality
This classic xkcd physics problem involves an accelerating velociraptor. Here is a numerical solution to this problem using python.
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Framing the battle over credit for CRISPR as Berkeley v. MIT is wrong.
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Nima Arkani-Hamed is championing a campaign to build the world’s largest particle collider, even as he pursues a new vision of the laws of nature.
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Each Saturday we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth at WIRED, but which deserve your attention nonetheless.
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Space photos of the week, September 27–October 3.
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The President told us to compare the number of Americans killed by gun violence to those killed by terrorism. We did. It's not even close.
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The southeastern coastal states are getting some nasty rain right now, but don't rush to blame Joaquin.
The post The East Coast’s Heavy Rains Are Not From Hurricane Joaquin appeared first on WIRED.
In the rainforests of Peru there lurks a caterpillar that doesn’t appreciate people yelling at it.
The post Absurd Creatures: The Caterpillar That Freaks Out if You Yell at It appeared first on WIRED.
NASA released the highest-res images of Charon yet and hot dang are they gorgeous.
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Over its 114 year history, the Nobel Prize has been given to some bad science, and some bad scientists.
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