Science
Nobel in chemistry honors pair for way to build molecules
The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to German scientist Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute and Scotland-born scientist David W.C. MacMillan of Princeton University.
Aliens May Have Already Know We Are Here on Earth
Scientists have been scanning the cosmos for possible signals from alien civilizations for decades, but for over a century, humans have also been sending out signals from Earth that could be picked up by aliens beyond our planet. That is, if they're looking in the right place for us.
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Christie’s to sell Isaac Newton’s notes for greatest work
Handwritten notes that show one of history's greatest scientific minds in action are going up for auction in London.
Pages containing Isaac Newton's jotted revisions to his masterwork, the "Principia," are expected to sell next month for between 600,000 pounds and 900,000 pounds ($850,000 and $1.3 million), auctioneer Christie's said on June 1.
Turkish students awarded in int’l science fair
Several Turkish high school students received awards in one of the world's most prestigious science and engineering competitions with projects in various fields, the country's industry and technology minister said on May 22.
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Jožef Stefan Institute shares top prize in Pandemic Response Challenge
Los Angeles – A team of artificial intelligence experts at the Jožef Stefan Institute has won the second grand prize at the Pandemic Response Challenge. The Slovenian team, led by Mitja Luštrek, head of the ambient intelligence group, will equally share the $500,000 prize with a Spanish team from Valencia.
20 prominent Greek scientists voice objection to total Covid-19 lockdowns
The scientists co-signed an open letter
Two more Greek observatories in the European Space Agency program
The Skinaka Observatory and the Holomonta Astronomical Station
Quarantine word of the year 2020
Ljubljana – The word of the year 2020 according to the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU) is “quarantine”, followed by “cycling” in second and “14 days” in third place.
Apart from the 14-day period of isolation due to risky contacts which was later shortened to 10 days, quarantine was also used to refer to the lockdown in general.
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The Weight Of Human Influence On The Earth (infographic)
No other species has had such a dramatic effect on planet earth as that wrought by humans
Fauci had to apologize
He said that he has "great faith" in the state regulators of Great Britain.
Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, sparked controversy with an earlier statement that British health regulators had not researched the study data as carefully as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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