Category: Scientific models
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Emulating… Existing…
For the first time, physicists have built a two-dimensional experimental system that allows them to study the physical properties of materials that were theorized to exist only in four-dimensional space. An international team of researchers from Penn State, ETH Zurich in Switzerland, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Holon Institute of Technology in Israel have…
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Unpredictable love. Unpredictable cosmos.
Here’s some heartbreaking news for people pinning their hopes on online matchmaking sites: It’s virtually impossible to forecast a love connection. Maybe that’s not so shocking to survivors of the dating wars. But now science is weighing in. Extensive background data on two individuals — comparable to that collected by digital dating services — can’t…
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Science modelling: Can scientific models ever be “wrong”? A not-so-evident answer…
Can scientific models be falsifiable? Let’s read two stories of changes in scientific models and try to find out the answer. If you are bored to read, skip directly to the Conclusion at the end… You will get the meaning. Story 1: Modelling sun spots… A group of researchers believes that contrary to a common…
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Planets. Life. Silent music.
When NASA announced its discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 system back in February 2017 it caused quite a stir, and with good reason. Three of its seven Earth-sized planets lay in the star's habitable zone, meaning they may harbour suitable conditions for life. But one of the major puzzles from the original research describing the system…
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