Just drop everything, and read the NYTimes story (mixed with some analysis) about Eric Poehlman’s fraud which made him “only the second scientist in the United States to face criminal prosecution for falsifying research data.” Here’s the opening paragraph:
On a rainy afternoon in June, Eric Poehlman stood before a federal judge in the United States [...]
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The spider-’silk’ produced by Spiderman about as thick as his arm — it’s more like ’spider-rope’. But, does it really need to be that thick? No, says this SciAm article on the wonderful combination of mechanical properties of real spidersilk.
The different silks have unique physical properties such as strength, toughness and elasticity, but all are [...]
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You can, with the help of magnetic ’stimulation’ of certain parts of your brain. Check out this Scientific Americanpiece:
In the [ultimatum] game, a researcher offers two players a set amount of money and explains that if they agree on how to divvy it up they will keep that money for themselves. If they don’t, neither [...]
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By now, I’m sure you all know that this year’s Physics Nobel has gone to George Smoot and John Mather. The NYTimes report on this year’s Physics Nobel is here.
“What we have found is evidence for the birth of the universe and its evolution,” Dr. Smoot said in a news conference on the results [...]
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