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Comment Re:That's funny right there (Score 1) 467

by wnissen on Friday September 28, 2012 @04:10PM (#41493015) Attached to: Sexism In Science

Yep, the males recommended an 11% lower salary, while the females recommended over 14% lower. Hard to know if that's statistically significant, though...

Proton Beams Sent Around the LHC 115

Posted by kdawson on Friday November 20, 2009 @05:40PM from the going-in-circles dept.

feldhaus writes "The BBC reports that the first beams for over one year have been successfully sent around the complete circumference of the Large Hadron Collider. Engineers do not yet have a stable circulating beam but they hope to by 0600 GMT on Saturday."

Comment Re:1984? (Score 1) 513

by wnissen on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @01:15PM (#26814919) Attached to: False Fact On Wikipedia Proves Itself

Wikipedia are so reactionary about "original research" that they frequently throw the baby out with the bathwater, and then call in an airstrike just to be sure.

Sure, the perpetual motion wackos need to be protected against, but the lumping of basic reporting and sourcing in with scientific research is a major problem.

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