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Extinction of the Influenza B Yamagata line during the Covid pandemic
Vaccination remains the most effective way to mitigate the enormous burden of influenza on the health...
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Can SpaceX land a rocket with 1/2 cm accuracy?
No. But they don’t need to. In preparation for the 5th test flight of Starship, SpaceX...
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An amateur historian has discovered a long-lost short story by Bram Stoker
BBCBram Stoker's legendary gothic tale Dracula has enjoyed countless adaptations, including by the BBC in 1977An...
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Waking up science's sleeping beauties (2023)
The scientific literature is vast. No individual human can fully know all the published research findings,...
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Big browsers are about to throw a wrench in your ad-free paradise
Both uBlock Origin and its smaller sibling, uBlock Origin Lite, are experiencing problems thanks to browser...
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Dear CTO: it's not 2015 anymore
Paul Klee - Rough Cut Head, 1935Engineers have been spoiled rotten for the last two decades.It’s...
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Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort
PAMalaria is caused by a complex parasite which is spread by mosquito bitesEgypt has been certified...
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Intelsat 33e breaks up in geostationary orbit
TAMPA, Fla. — The Intelsat 33e satellite has broken up in geostationary orbit (GEO) and lost...
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Intuit asked us to delete part of this Decoder episode
Today’s episode of Decoder, well — it’s a ride. I’m talking to Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi,...
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California Coolers
If you’ve ever noticed two louvered vents stacked on the exterior of an old house, they...
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Is It Better to Fail Spectacularly?
Three weeks ago I wrote the following draft of a blog post entitled “Is It Better...
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Scientists Started to Decode Birdsong
On a drizzly day in Grünau im Almtal, Austria, a gaggle of greylag geese shared a...
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Ioccc Flight Simulator (2010)
Be sure to visit our Facebook Page. The IOCCC Flight Simulator was the winning entry in...
