One of the most fascinating things to me about science is how some critics complain that scientists don't know everything, and sometimes change their minds.

As though those things are bugs, not features.

I can't quite figure out if those complaints come about because people are DISAPPOINTED that there are things we don't know, or they're unhappy with the things we do.

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New Model Supports Connection Between Gamma Ray Bursts and Supernovae

https://scitechdaily.com/new-model-supports-connection-between-gamma-ray-bursts-and-supernovae/

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The Electronics Cooling System 400 Million Years in the Making

https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/computing/hardware/meet-the-electronics-cooling-system-400-million-years-in-the-making

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@richi Right -- should have made that clear.

My biggest complaint is that more entities that supposedly care about security--banks, etc.--don't allow the use of U2F keys (and many won't even get away from SMS 2nd factors. I guess they need a major breach to drive the point home).

@richi Personally, I'm least enthused by attempts to get rid of passwords via biometrics. It's kind of like Social Security numbers as they're set up now: once it's lost somehow, there's no good way to undo the damage.

Changeable Passwords/PIN numbers plus cryptographic authentication (e.g. U2F/Yubikeys) seem extremely solid to me as a combination.

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Deep learning transforms smartphone microscopes into laboratory-grade devices

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180412102916.htm

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Plan for quantum supremacy

"Things are getting real for researchers in the UC Santa Barbara John Martinis/Google group. They are making good on their intentions to declare supremacy in a tight global race to build the first quantum machine to outperform the world's best classical supercomputers."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180412154446.htm

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Night owls have higher risk of dying sooner

(Research clearly funded by morning people)

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180412085736.htm

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Thin Engineered Material Perfectly Redirects and Reflects Sound

(Research funded by the Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation)

http://www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com/thin-engineered-material-perfectly-redirects-and-reflects-sound/

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Swamp microbe has pollution-munching superpower

(Research funded by the National Science Foundation)

https://www.technology.org/2018/04/13/swamp-microbe-has-pollution-munching-superpower/

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Living Underground On Other Worlds. Exploring Lava Tubes

https://www.universetoday.com/139021/living_underground_exploring_lava_tubes/

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Incident Reported at Idaho Nuclear Site, Crews Responding

https://www.power-eng.com/articles/2018/04/incident-reported-at-idaho-nuclear-site-crews-responding.html

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Superb technology and fab work.

Start of most sensitive search yet for dark matter axion

(Research funded in part by the National Science Foundation)

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-sensitive-dark-axion.html

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Note all the industrial control system vulnerabilities in this bulletin.

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