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Three of the Strangest Paradoxes in Mathematics A barber shaves all men who don’t shave themselves. Does he shave himself? Mathematics offers explanations for this and other curious contradictions

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Three of the Strangest Paradoxes in Mathematics

A barber shaves all men who don’t shave themselves. Does he shave himself? Mathematics offers explanations for this and other curious contradictions

Scientific American 1 year ago

Three of the Strangest Paradoxes in Mathematics A barber shaves all men who don’t shave themselves. Does he shave himself? Mathematics offers explanations for this and other curious contradictions

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Three of the Strangest Paradoxes in Mathematics

A barber shaves all men who don’t shave themselves. Does he shave himself? Mathematics offers explanations for this and other curious contradictions

Scientific American 1 year ago

Three of the Strangest Paradoxes in Mathematics A barber shaves all men who don’t shave themselves. Does he shave himself? Mathematics offers explanations for this and other curious contradictions

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Three of the Strangest Paradoxes in Mathematics

A barber shaves all men who don’t shave themselves. Does he shave himself? Mathematics offers explanations for this and other curious contradictions

Scientific American 1 year ago

Google’s Project Green Light Uses AI to Take on City Traffic A Google experiment to improve stoplights shows early positive results. But AI-assisted software won’t replace human traffic engineers just yet

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Can Google Make Stoplights Smarter?

A Google experiment to improve stoplights shows early positive results. But AI-assisted software won’t replace human traffic engineers just yet

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Brain-to-Speech Tech Good Enough for Everyday Use Debuts in a Man with ALS A highly robust brain-computer interface boasts low error rates and a durability that allows a user to talk all day long

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Brain-to-Speech Tech Good Enough for Everyday Use Debuts in a Man with ALS

A highly robust brain-computer interface boasts low error rates and a durability that allows a user to talk all day long

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Cleaned Up Shipping Emissions Have Revealed Additional Global Warming New shipping regulations set limits on sulfur in maritime fuel, reducing harmful pollution but inadvertently ceasing a cooling effect on Earth’s climate

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Cleaned Up Shipping Emissions Have Revealed Additional Global Warming

New shipping regulations set limits on sulfur in maritime fuel, reducing harmful pollution but inadvertently ceasing a cooling effect on Earth’s ...

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SpaceX Set to Launch First-Ever Crew over Earth's Poles Launching in late 2024, the Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight to explore the planet's polar regions

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SpaceX Set to Launch First-Ever Crew over Earth

Launching in late 2024, the Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight to explore the planet

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SpaceX Set to Launch First-Ever Crew over Earth's Poles Launching in late 2024, the Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight to explore the planet's polar regions

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SpaceX Set to Launch First-Ever Crew over Earth

Launching in late 2024, the Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight to explore the planet

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SpaceX Set to Launch First-Ever Crew over Earth's Poles Launching in late 2024, the Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight to explore the planet's polar regions

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SpaceX Set to Launch First-Ever Crew over Earth

Launching in late 2024, the Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight to explore the planet

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Stonehenge’s Strangest Rock Came from 500 Miles Away A new analysis of Stonehenge’s “Altar Stone” suggests Neolithic people walked or sailed some 500 miles to transport the six-ton boulder

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Stonehenge’s Strangest Rock Came from 500 Miles Away

A new analysis of Stonehenge’s “Altar Stone” suggests Neolithic people walked or sailed some 500 miles to transport the six-ton boulder

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Meet Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ Moon and the Intriguing Ocean It May Hide The possibility of liquid water beneath the surface of Saturn’s moon Mimas may offer clues to how such seas form, and another spot to search for life

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Meet Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ Moon and the Intriguing Ocean It May Hide

The possibility of liquid water beneath the surface of Saturn’s moon Mimas may offer clues to how such seas form, and another spot to search for ...

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Hurricane Prediction Relies on the Tricky Art of Identifying Which Storms Will Grow New techniques are helping forecasters spot storms that could develop into dangerous hurricanes earlier than ever

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Will This Storm Become a Hurricane? Here’s How Meteorologists Tell

New techniques are helping forecasters spot storms that could develop into dangerous hurricanes earlier than ever

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U.S. Wind and Solar Are on Track to Overtake Coal This Year Two renewable resources, wind and solar, together have produced more power than coal through July—a first for the U.S.

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U.S. Wind and Solar Are on Track to Overtake Coal This Year

Two renewable resources, wind and solar, together have produced more power than coal through July—a first for the U.S.

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Dodgy Critical Mineral Designations Won’t Boost Clean Energy Congress appears interested in passing mining legislation. But bills that would expand access to hard-rock minerals across the U.S. ignore supply chain standards and environmental consequences

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Dodgy Critical Mineral Designations Won’t Boost Clean Energy

Congress appears interested in passing mining legislation. But bills that would expand access to hard-rock minerals across the U.S. ignore supply c...

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West Nile Cases Are Rising. Here’s How to Protect Yourself West Nile is the most common mosquito-borne disease in the U.S. Here’s what to know about the infection

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West Nile Cases Are Rising. Here’s How to Protect Yourself

West Nile is the most common mosquito-borne disease in the U.S. Here’s what to know about the infection

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Researchers Debate Theory of Pyramids’ Construction, Astronauts Are Stuck in Space, and Olympians Swim the Seine We cover the science stories of the Olympics, concerns about artificial sweeteners and a new theory of how the pyramids were built in this week’s news roundup.

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Olympic Athletes Swim the Murky Seine, and Astronauts Are Stuck on the Space Station

We cover the science stories of the Olympics, concerns about artificial sweeteners and a new theory of how the pyramids were built in this week’s...

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New U.N. Cybercrime Treaty Could Threaten Human Rights A recently adopted United Nations treaty could lead to invasive digital surveillance, human rights experts warn

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New U.N. Cybercrime Treaty Could Threaten Human Rights

A recently adopted United Nations treaty could lead to invasive digital surveillance, human rights experts warn

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Colds Bring Lots of Snot, But Just How Much? Snot is one of the immune system’s efforts to ditch a virus, but how much we produce when sick is a slippery subject

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Colds Bring Lots of Snot—But Just How Much?

Snot is one of the immune system’s efforts to ditch a virus, but how much we produce when sick is a slippery subject

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Perseid Meteor Shower Joins Stunning Mars and Jupiter Conjunction Early risers get a double sky treat: a Mars and Jupiter conjunction and the Perseid meteor shower at once

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Perseid Meteor Shower Joins Stunning Mars and Jupiter Conjunction

Early risers get a double sky treat: a Mars and Jupiter conjunction and the Perseid meteor shower will occur at once

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Archaeologists Confront Extreme Conditions and Ethical Dilemmas while Investigating Ancient Human Sacrifice A mountaintop burial site offers a glimpse into Inka life—but raises ethical questions about unearthing ancient human remains.

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Inside the Archaeological Study of Human Sacrifice

A mountaintop burial site offers a glimpse into Inka life—but raises ethical questions about unearthing ancient human remains.