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UKIP’s MP Is Arguing With Scientists About What Causes Tides And People Are Taking The Piss
Douglas Carswell thinks it’s the sun; scientists are pretty sure it’s the moon.
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These Astronomers Say Gravitational Waves Have Dramatically Changed How They Work
This time last year, a huge high-tech detector saw ripples in space-time from two colliding black holes. These physicists say that “everything has changed” in their work since it happened.
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Only A Real Discworld Fan Can Get More Than 75% In This Quiz
How much do you know about Rincewind et al?
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Philae, The Little Robot That Landed On A Comet, Has Been Found
It’s still dead though. Sorry.
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Do You Know What All These “-Ology” Words Actually Mean?
Can you tell your thanatology from your speleology?
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How Fucking Metal Are You?
Are you very fucking metal or not very fucking metal at all?
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Which Of These Childishly Named Chemicals Are Real?
“Arsole” or “Bumzene”?
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27 Tweets That Will Make Parents Laugh Harder Than They Should
Being a parent’s great though really totally recommend it to anyone no I’m fine.
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This Chemistry Colour Quiz Is Seriously Difficult
Prettier living through chemistry.
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There’s An Earth-Like Planet “On Our Doorstep” And Scientists Are Excited
Just four light years away – “on our doorstep” in astronomical terms – there’s a planet that may be habitable, and we could send robots to explore it in a century or so.
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Which Dinosaur Is Nearest To Your House?
Dozens of species of dinosaurs lived in Britain. Find your local monster.
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Could You Pass Physics A-Level Now?
If physics A-level had 13 questions and was entirely multiple choice, that is. Questions are from AQA past papers, and are seriously hard.
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Why Adults Just Don’t Get Teenagers, According To Science
In your teenage and young adult years, your brain is changing in important, exciting ways that scientists are only just learning about. Here are a few of them.
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A Fake Black Hole In A Lab May Have Proved Stephen Hawking Right
“Hawking radiation” has been detected in a strange model black hole, and it may explain a few mysteries.
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Can You Pass GCSE Economics Now?
Questions taken from AQA and OCR Economics and Business Subjects past papers.
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23 Tweets That Will Make Academics Laugh Harder Than They Should
Academia is lonely and difficult and thankless, but – no, there is no but.
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Can We Guess Your Philosophical Beliefs From Your Favourite Guinea Pig?
Humanity is doomed to seek meaning in a meaningless universe, and these guinea pigs are here to help you.
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This Huge, Slow, Ugly Deep-Sea Shark Can Live For 400 Years
The massive, mysterious Greenland shark – which eats seals and polar bears – has been shown to be the oldest vertebrate known to science.
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High Court Rules That The HIV Prevention Drug Can Be Made Available On The NHS
A legal challenge against the NHS’s decision not to provide the drug to men who have sex with men has been successful. But there are still other hurdles before the drug can be made available.
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People Are Saying This Gap Advert Is Sexist
Also it looks like Gap can’t spell “Einstein”.
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