The Saudi Arabian Victoria’s Secret catalog must…
The Saudi Arabian Victoria’s Secret catalog must be empty.
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Making fun of other people's belief's isn't an effective way to get them to reason.
I'll admit that I haven't found a way to breakthrough irrational crowd (congregation) based belief systems. But poking at people isn't the way to do it.
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20 Spectacularly Nerdy Science Jokes
Have you heard that entropy isn’t what it used to be? Do you send Schrödinger’s cat flowers for his birthday/funeral? If so, then this post is for you.
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Ever wondered what would happen if you combined liquid nitrogen with 1500 ping pong balls? A professor at Plymouth University did this experiment with his students.
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In most cases, (aside from pharmaceuticals), the time that it takes to actually get a patent is so much longer then the time it takes to bring a product to market and technology advances so quickly that only overly broad patents are of any real value because they skim off the profits of others long after the the original implementation.
As for sharing the ideas, reverse engineering has advanced to such a point that once a product has been brought to market, competitors can figure it out in short order anyway. The only way to remain competitive is to continue coming up with new ideas that advance the state of the art.
The Case for Abolishing Patents (Yes, All of Them)
A new paper says that our patent system is killing innovation, and that dismantling it entirely would have fewer consequences than you think.
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Spot-on foreshadowing from Carl Sagan's "The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark." First published 1995.
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These ads have been annoying me for a while, so I thought I'd explain why. (ps why no SVG upload, G+?)
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Americans need to wake up and stop growing and spreading these frankfoods….
Russia bans all GM corn imports; EU may also ban Monsanto GMO in wake of shocking cancer findings
Russia bans all GM corn imports; EU may also ban Monsanto GMO in wake of shocking cancer findings
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It's one thing when when Apple designs a proprietary connector for its portable devices that costs $10-30. Doing that for a car without a could technological reason is just asinine. Chelsea Sexton has a great opinion piece in Wired about the dumb moves automakers are making when it comes to defining charging standards for electrified vehicles.
EV Plug Wars: Charging Ahead When What We Really Need Is More Cars | Wired Opinion | Wired.com
Electric-vehicle charging is just one giant pissing contest these days, with different companies crossing streams in a quest to prove connector, standard, or network superiority. The latest involves T…
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