The Sciences

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9,000 Lists Written Over 300 Years Are Helping Test Theories of Economic Growth

University of Cambridge 07/08/2018

In searching for a causal link between education and...

Brian Skinner, gold-silver nanoparticles, Indian Institute of Science, Dev Kumar Thapa, Anshu Pandey, magnetic susceptibility, inductance, resistivity, electrical resistance, nanomaterials,

Did IISc Team Find a Room-Temperature Superconductor? The Devil’s in the Details

R. Ramachandran 06/08/2018

Theorists think the data is "clean". Experimentalists aren't convinced...

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Cosmology Without Philosophy Is like a Ship Without a Hull

Bridget Falck 05/08/2018

The cosmological principle is fundamental to our understanding of...

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Laurent Schwartz’s Memoirs of Visits to India

Laurent Schwartz 05/08/2018

An unpublished chapter from the memoirs of Laurent Schwartz...

The idea is that geology or even cosmology is imprecise because it deals with incompleteness, poor data resolution and lack of experimental control. Credit: skeeze/pixabay

If Earth Were a Novel, Would the Historical Sciences Be Reliable Narrators?

C.P. Rajendran 03/08/2018

Historical methods are crucial in arriving at the proper...

Medal winners Akshay Venkatesh, Peter Scholze, Alessio Figalli and Caucher Birkar. Credit: International Congress of Mathematicians

Fields Medals Announced for Four Mathematicians

The Wire Staff 02/08/2018

The prize, bestowed every four years to mathematicians 40...

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When a Whale Blows Its Snot Out, Scientists Offer It a Drone, Not a Kerchief

Ronak Gupta 02/08/2018

Get past the retch-provoking slimy goo horror and you'll...