Dave Thomas, Skeptical Inquirer Volume 35.4, July/August 2011: "After ten years, the pesky 911 Truth movement has refined its arguments but still hasnt proved the attacks were an inside job. Their key claims are refuted on multiple grounds."
On "the Verizon and Fiterman Hall structures": "In actuality, it twisted and tilted over to one side as it fell, and parts of the building severely damaged two neighboring buildings (the Verizon and Fiterman Hall structures). When challenged with the obvious fact that Tower 7 spilled far outside its footprint,..."
By Adam Taylor ... "Editor’s Note: This is Part 8 (see Part 7) of an extensive report by 9/11 researcher Adam Taylor that exposes the fallacies and flaws in the arguments made by the editors of Popular Mechanics (PM) in the latest edition of their book Debunking 9/11 Myths. "... "PM notes that the rubble pile was not exactly “neat,” since nearby structures such as the Fiterman Hall and the Verizon Building were structurally damaged by debris from Building 7. While it is true there was damage to surrounding structures, this may have simply been due to the fact that WTC7 was a particularly large structure... [...] In fact, the FEMA report had this to say about Building 7’s debris pile:
“The collapse of WTC 7 had a small debris field as the facade was pulled downward, suggesting an internal failure and implosion… The average debris field radius was approximately 70 feet." (Jfr. http://911research.wtc7.net/mirrors/fema_wtc/fema403_ch5.pdf )
A few days ago, Elsevier proposed a first offer for a nationwide licence. The publisher rejects more transparent business models that are based on the publication service and would make publications more openly accessible. Its offer does not comply with the principles of Open Access. Despite its current profit margin of 40 percent, the publisher is still intent on pursuing even higher price increases.
Therefore, the negotiations had to be interrupted. The Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany rejects Elsevier’s offer (PDF 25 KB). As a consequence, no access to full texts of Elsevier journals is expected to be available from 1 January 2017 o
Torill Kornfelt , Sveriges radio, veteskapsradion 16 jan 2015 ca 15 min.
Ett förgiftat äpple låg bredvid Alan Turing när han hittades död i sin säng, bara 41 år gammal. Då hade han hunnit lägga grunden för moderna datorer med ...
THE RACE BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND DATA IN MEDICINE
Researchers, doctors and biologists benefit from the massive amount of available information as health data becomes digitized. But it also becomes harder and harder for human brains to uncover the complexity and extract insights. Data is generated at a much faster pace than knowledge. This is THE scientific challenge. We need to create the tools to help human collective intelligence extract knowledge from this influx of data. Parts of these technologies already exist, parts need to be invented. OWKIN creates AI technologies to advance knowledge and discover the medicine of tomorrow.
JBS Haldane FRS: 1892-1964. His communism and espionage, including the VENONA Intercepts and the MI5 file, the betrayal of Nikolai Vavilov and support for Trofim Lysenko. Includes a complete scientific bibliography and facsimiles of his major books.
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records FAQ: "If FRBR is not a data model, what is it then? Rather a conceptual reference model. One of the primary objectives in developing it was "to provide a (...) framework for relating the data that are recorded in bibliographic records to the needs of users of those records" (FRBR Final Report, sec. 2.1) and for assessing their actual relevance."
Projektet Forskarnas röst och digitalt material utredde under 2011 det digitaliserade materialets betydelse för forskarsamfundet och utvärderade förhållandet mellan såväl digitaliseringsprocesserna, minnesorganisationerna (arkiv, bibliotek och muséer) som forskarsamfundet. Projektets infallsvinkel var i första hand den humanistiska forskningen och framförallt arkivens, men även de övriga minnesorganisationerna och forskarsamfundet togs i beaktande.
By Monique Sené, physicist, Honorary Research Director at the CNRS, member of the Higher Committee for Transparency and Information on Nuclear Safety, and President of the GSIEN Raymond Sené, physicist, GSIEN member Dominique Leglu, physicist, editor-in-chief of Sciences et Avenir
ppm at Nauna Loa 1960 315 1990 355 2010 390 ( < 1 promille på 50 år) Carbon dioxide levels measured at at Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii jumped by 2.67 parts per million (ppm) in 2012 to 395ppm, said Pieter Tans, who leads the greenhouse gas measurement team for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The record was an increase of 2.93ppm in 1998.