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Clifford Johnson and the word "theory"
Clifford Johnson has informed us that the most irritating thing he has encountered during his visit to his homeland was the phrase "special law…
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Arthur Compton: 115th birthday
Arthur Holly Compton was born in 1892. He shared the Nobel prize in 1927 for the Compton scattering. This story shows how long time it took for photo…
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Incan string theory
Some people complain that string theory is an invention of the Western civilization and it does not apply elsewhere. We're happy to inform you th…
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Retired nuclear power plants: testaments to human hubris?
On Saturday, I urged the Russians to offer the Japanese some of the unpopulated Russian territories - which would also be safer places for nuclear p…
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End of science
On May 5th, 1997, a book called "The End of Science" by John Horgan was released. Since the moment when this Gentleman announced the end of…
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Brian Greene vs a hippie physics critic
Wired magazine tries to import the idea of "consensus science" to high-energy physics. So they have organized a poll opened literally for …
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String theorists approach the status of heliocentric heretics
Galileo Galilei was legally harassed between 1610 and 1633. Most of us agree that the Inquisition was composed of dogmatists who were suppressing sc…
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Another blow for nuclear energy
Remotely related: Holy cow, the president of an official EU's EESC body has declared that the earthquake was a sign from Mother Nature that we n…
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Lesser minds hide from Richard Feynman in safe spaces
Two weeks ago, we commemorated 100th birthday of Richard Feynman . N*t Even Wr*ng mostly focuses on criticisms and "bad lessons" to draw f…
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