Claims of 'Ocean' inside Ceres May Not Hold Water

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Australia is cracking down on foreign interference in research. Is the system working?

Pioneering guidelines arent enough to prevent overseas militaries such as Chinas from co-opting the countrys science, say some experts.
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Coronavirus updates: US records under 50,000 new cases for 1st time in 6 days

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 731,000 people worldwide.
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Why so salty, Ceres? Is it on account of your underground oceans and cryovolcanism?

Dawn probe's last data shows surprising results from asteroid belt Data from NASA's now-defunct Dawn spacecraft orbiting Ceres has shown that the largest object in the Solar System's asteroid belt has sub-surface oceans and recent volcanic activity, according Read more at Theregister.com

How to Mine the Oceans Sustainably

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IIT-Roorkee to offer online certificate courses in data science, AI and ML

IIT-Roorkee will offer Advanced Certification in AI and ML and Certification in Data Science. Both courses will be available on Coursera in early 2021. Read more at The Indian Express

Project Wilson 2020: a oceanic buoy project #Science @BuoyWilson

Wilson is a drifting buoy powered by the sun. Wilsons brain is an Adafruit Pro Trinket microcontroller. Its senses are an array of instruments: an air temperature sensor, a water temperature sensor, a barometer, a hydrometer (to measure relative humidity), a Read more at Adafruit.com

The Science Fiction Anthology Math Problem

Suppose you have a list of 101 of the most well-cited science fiction stories of all time. And suppose the availability of those stories is spread across multiple anthologies and internet sources. What would be the minimum number of anthologies youd need to Read more at Adafruit.com

'Most Americans now know someone who has been infected with COVID-19'

The U.S. has reached a landmark of sorts in its so far not very successful battle with the virus that causes Covid-19 most Americans now know someone who has been infected, writes Justin Fox at Bloomberg, about coronavirus social data from Navigator Resea Read more at Boing Boing

How to watch the peak of the Perseid meteor shower tonight

Watch the skies! The peak of the Perseid meteor shower takes place overnight tonight! The bright quarter Moon will limit the number of shooting stars you'll see but you can still expect around 15-20 per hour depending on where you're at. The meteors are debri Read more at Boing Boing

Air pollution is much worse than we thought

The latest science on air pollution reveals that its impacts on health and mortality are roughly double what was previously believed.
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NASA's TESS Planet-Hunting Space Telescope Completes Its Primary Mission

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Dont give up on your buff just yet

The science is still largely indeterminate on buffs or neck gaiters, the face covering of choice for many runners.
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Breakingviews - Corona Capital: Halo, Salesforce, Brooks Bros - Reuters

(Reuters Breakingviews) - Corona Capital is a daily column updated throughout the day by Breakingviews columnists around the world with short, sharp pandemic-related insights. Read more at Reuters

Podcast.__init__: Growing Dask To Make Scaling Python Data Science Easier At Coiled

An interview with the co-founders of Coiled about their work to make Dask easier to use for scalable Python data science.
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Coronavirus updates: US records under 50,000 new cases for 2nd straight day

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 736,000 people worldwide.
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Lead was poisoning the water in Flint, Mich. Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha put her reputation on the line to prove it.

"Nothing can prepare you for when the entire state goes after you and tells you you're wrong." Of course, she wasn't wrong.
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Data Science Internship Interview Questions

Data science is an attractive field because not only is it lucrative, but you can have opportunities to work on interesting projects, and youre always learning new things. If you're trying to get started from the ground up, then review this guide to prepare Read more at Kdnuggets.com

Scientists encode data into artificial molecules

Information can be encoded into all sorts of patterns, whether its short and long beeps for Morse code, raised bumps for Braille, or ones and zeroes for computers. Now researchers have demonstrated a proof of concept for encoding information into artificial Read more at New Atlas

Funders must mandate and reward open research records

Letter to the Editor
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