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Time to democratise science
New Scientist Some of the taxpayers’ money that pours into research should be directly allocated by the public, argues Dan Hind THE natural and social sciences exert a huge influence on the ways our societies develop. At present most of the funding for scientific research is controlled by the state and the private economy. Perhaps [...]
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Saturn’s rings are the remains of an exploded moon
io9 Saturn’s rings are among the most iconic sights in the solar system, but where did they come from? Long ago, an icy moon was ripped apart by Saturn’s gravity, creating rings once a 100 times bigger than they are now. 4.5 billion years ago, as the solar system was still in its primordial stages, [...]
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