Independent verification happens as part of the common practices of science. Not by reproducing studies, but by extending them. Such extension requires some repetition of previous steps, thus providing verification. If something was wrong with a previous result, those who try to extend it can uncover the error.

And let's be careful about the loaded word consensus. Scientists don't arrive at a consensus through some kind of vote. They arrive at it by examining experimental evidence and sharing insights on that evidence.

I think the media is largely to blame.

Obligatory XKCD.

Mod parent funny!

And its wetness increases, the more you dilute it!

Wait...

Homeopathy's Law of Infinitesimals: the fewer studies there are of Homeopathy, the better it works.

TFA and summary are correct: they did not modify the genetic code in the DNA. However, they did methylate the adenine and cytosine nucleotides. Presumably this changed the behavior of the DNA, but it did not change the base-pair sequences.

FTFY.

Light-projection is additive, so RGB. Printing on paper is subtractive, so CMYK. More details here.

Good post. However I must point out that the LoC is not the same as a time capsule. The latter does not have the advantage of active monitoring and maintenance of the health and environment of the archive. You need a medium that can survive for 50 to 100 years undisturbed (i.e., neglected) in an uncontrolled environment.

You're right. Thanks for the correction.

Mod parent up. Too many posts here assume that it's the heat of the tire that is being converted to electricity. In fact, it's the flexing of the tires that is being converted, flexing that would otherwise show up as heat. I'm not sure whether it will work effectively, but let's wait and see.

TFAs don't say that the heat of the tire is captured to create electricity. Rather, the energy from the flexing of the tire (that would otherwise produce heat) is instead harvested to create electricity.

I remain a bit skeptical, but let's wait and see where Goodyear goes with this.

Electric and hybrid cars are better for the environment, and they already employ technology to charge the batteries with energy that would otherwise be wasted as heat (for example, the braking systems.)

It is not outrageous to explore ways of capturing energy from the flexing of the tires that also would otherwise be wasted as heat. As I see it, the challenge for Goodyear would be to show that the process is efficient enough to be worth adding to the tire design.

No, I meant isoceles (2 equal sides.) That's much easier to do on a text-console with asterisks than an equilateral triangle (3 equal sides.)

Okay, but if you insist on calling it a pyramid, a simple 2D rendering of one is not necessarily equilateral.

Sounds to me like you mean an isoceles triangle, not a pyramid. The latter is a polyhedron, i.e., it's in 3D.