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Short stories told through pictures of book spines
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A good rule of thumb is that when a paper title asks a question the answer is "no."
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A wealth of information on the US Presidential election.
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"Physicists in France have proposed a new scheme for using pulses of light to make an accurate measurement of the distance between two objects in space. The technique, which has not yet been confirmed experimentally, could allow measurements to be made at the highest possible accuracy allowed by quantum mechanics. "
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Simple calculations to answer environmental questions
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You can't solve problems without a diagram.
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A good rule of thumb is that when a paper title asks a question the answer is "no."
In particle physics, at least, this is known as "Hinchliffe's Rule", which led someone to write the paper "Is Hinchliffe's Rule True?"