The Scientific Paper Is Obsolete
Just as science evolves, it needs to change the way it publishes its findings.
From Weekly Filet #271, in April 2018.
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What Color Is a Tennis Ball?
Quick: What color is a tennis ball? Turns out people don’t agree on this – and fall into pretty much the same camps as the did with the dress (blue/black vs. white/gold – you remember). A piece on how we see the world – and how we see it differently.
From Weekly Filet #265, in February 2018.
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Reconstructing Visual Experiences from Brain Activity Evoked by Natural Movies
This is pretty crazy. These scientists let people watch videos – and were able to reconstruct them by analysing the watchers’ brain activity. It’s not Netflix quality just yet, but hey, did I mention the paper is from 2011?
From Weekly Filet #256, in November 2017.
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Mathematicians Measure Infinities and Find They’re Equal
Reading about this breakthrough discovery in mathematics will make your head spin, but in a pleasant way.
From Weekly Filet #247, in September 2017.
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This tiny country feeds the world
The world’s number two exporter of food, second only to the USA, is…the Netherlands. And it’s doing so far more resource-effectively than almost anybody else. A deep dive.
From Weekly Filet #246, in September 2017.
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These People Are Trying To Fix A Huge Problem In Science
Let’s get a little nerdy, because this really matters.
From Weekly Filet #242, in August 2017.
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A radical new hypothesis in medicine: give patients drugs they know don’t work
Placebo effects are a fascinating phenomenon already. But it gets weirder (and more fascinating): Experiments indicate that the placebo effect seems to work even if patients are told that they are given mere sugar pills. How is that possible? The medicine professor who conducted the experiments: «First of all, I have no idea.»
From Weekly Filet #235, in June 2017.
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Studying Competition and Gender Through Chess
When men and women of exactly equal ability face each other in chess, men win more often – but only if they know they’re playing against the opposite sex. Fascinating insights on why this is the case – and what it means for the world beyond chess.
From Weekly Filet #229, in February 2017.
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The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists
A closer look at how science is hijacked by all the wrong incentives. Which makes outcomes worse than they could be, and should be.
From Weekly Filet #228, in February 2017.
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