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Ars Technica : science
24  janvier     18h02
Complexity physics finds crucial tipping points in chess games
Jennifer Ouellette    Physicist used interaction graphs to show how pieces attack and defend to analyze , top matches.
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Researchers optimize simulations of molecules on quantum computers
John Timmer    A new approach to simulating the electrons of small molecules like catalysts.
    12h00
Rocket Report: Did China’s reusable rocket work?; DOT may review SpaceX fines
Stephen Clark    Rocket Lab announced it will soon launch a batch of eight German owned wildfire detection satellites.
23  janvier     16h22
George R.R. Martin has co-authored a physics paper
Jennifer Ouellette    I couldn’t help but wonder if a simple underlying model might tidy up the canon.
22  janvier     18h06
Fast radio burst in long-dead galaxy puzzles astronomers
Jennifer Ouellette    Result challenges existing theories that tie FRB origins to phenomena in star forming galaxies.
21  janvier     17h41
How to get a perfect salt ring deposit in your pasta pot
Jennifer Ouellette    Particle diameter, height from which they fall through water, and particle volume are key factors.
20  janvier     22h14
Edge of Mars’ great dichotomy eroded back by hundreds of kilometers
John Timmer    What may have been an ancient shoreline has signs of a water driven transformation.
    19h35
Robotic hand helps pianists overcome ceiling effect
Jennifer Ouellette    Passive training with robotic exoskeleton hand even led to motor improvements in the untrained hand.
    16h54
Sleeping pills stop the brain’s system for cleaning out waste
Jacek Krywko    A specialized system sends pulses of pressure through the fluids in our brain.
    16h00
Peeing is contagious among chimps
Jennifer Ouellette    Physical proximity, social dominance are primary factors involved in contagious urination behavior.
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Life is thriving in the subsurface depths of Earth
Elizabeth Rayne    Different species thrive beneath the oceans than under the land.
18  janvier     12h04
Has Trump changed the retirement plans for the country’s largest coal plants?
Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News    A growth in electricity demand is leading to talk of delayed closures.
17  janvier     15h19
A solid electrolyte gives lithium-sulfur batteries ludicrous endurance
John Timmer    Sulfur can store a lot more lithium but is problematically reactive in batteries.
    04h44
Fire destroys Starship on its seventh test flight, raining debris from space
Stephen Clark    The Federal Aviation Administration will likely require an investigation into the accident.
16  janvier     19h41
Here’s what NASA would like to see SpaceX accomplish with Starship this year
Stephen Clark    The seventh test flight of Starship is scheduled for launch Thursday afternoon.
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Heroes, villains, and childhood trauma in the MCEU and DCU
Jennifer Ouellette    This study somewhat refutes the idea that villains are a product of their experiences. At least in fiction.
    16h41
Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s double moonshot
Stephen Clark    The landers were developed by Texas based Firefly Aerospace and a Japanese startup named ispace.
15  janvier     16h00
Researchers use AI to design proteins that block snake venom toxins
John Timmer    It’s a good example of how computer developments can be used for practical problems.
    16h00
Meta takes us a step closer to Star Trek’s universal translator
Jacek Krywko    The computer science behind translating speech from source languages.
    15h44
Is humanity alone in the Universe? What scientists really think.
Peter Vickers, Henry Taylor, and Sean McMahon, The Conversation    Are scientists speculating, or is there a scientific consensus here