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Meet Australia’s New Chief Scientist: Another Old Rich White Guy
Sure, Alan Finkel is all for renewable energy, but let's not pretend this is a progressive move.
A Scientist Has Figured Out How to Determine Chickens’ Sex Before They Hatch
A German scientist has found a method of determining what sex an egg embryo will become, three days after it has been laid. Male embryos can be destroyed painlessly, ending the egg industry’s culling of “useless” male chicks.
VICE News Capsule - Thursday, September 25
Denver taco truck caught in meth bust still serving food, paralyzed rats walk in Switzerland & more.
New Zealand Scientists Are Electrocuting Steaks
Electrocuting a steak to make the cheapest cuts of meat tender is way more complicated and expensive that you’d think. We spoke with some Australian scientists to try to understand why they're doing this.
A French-American Duo's Quantum Mechanics Research Won This Year's Nobel Prize for Physics
Quantum mechanics took the Nobel Prize for physics this year, as the duo of Serge Haroche of France and David Wineland of the U.S. were awarded this morning for a body of work that in part showed how to observe individual quantum particles.