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If if proves out this would be good news. That's because both dark matter and dark energy sound like awkward kludges to the theory.
See also "Half The Universe's Matter Was Missing. Astronomers Just Found It."
Yow: "College readiness no longer entails the ability to think critically or to write well."
I'm sorry but Pawnee will need to raise their offer to me by a lot. But maybe you'll differ.
AI is not perfect yet.
It's not really "new". It's about the same song Philip K. Howard has been singing for 30+ years. But it sounded correct then and it still does now.
David Friedman gives a calm and balanced assessment of President Trump's policies:
Parts of what Trump is doing I very much approve of. . . . Other parts of what Trump is doing I very much disapprove of.
Microeconomics triumphs again.
Second Law of Demand: “Elasticities of demand with respect to price are greater the longer the time after a price change”
Well somebody's got to pay for all those administrators.
The past couple of generations of NYC leadership strongly indicate that this is true:
New Yorkers should celebrate the current crime trends. Things are most certainly moving in the right direction.
But it would be a grievous mistake to take this good news for granted.
I might worry about global warming when China and India reduce their coal consumption.