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Personal experience and surveys on running out of socks; discussion of socks as small example of human procrastination and irrationality, caused by lack of explicit deliberative thought where no natural triggers or habits exist.

Prof Mark Swilling from Stellenbosch University is optimistic that the government is on track to solve loadshedding.

Researchers from Dresden and Bangalore discover a unique two-component molecular motor that uses a kind of renewable chemical energy to pull vesicles toward membrane-bound organelles.

In Long Beach and Seal Beach areas, seismologists recorded a thousand tiny tremors over an eight-month period.

I as well, i think that is concerning. i would _ as well, i think that is concerning. i would say— as well, i think that is concerning. i would say that the model which exists _ i would say that the model which exists in — i would say that the model which exists in scotland sounds to me an awful— exists in scotland sounds to me an awful lot _ exists in scotland sounds to me an awful lot better, as a parent and as awful lot better, as a parent and as a teacher~ — awful lot better, as a pa...

A decision must soon be made; do we shut down our old, inefficient coal-fired power stations or do we try to refurbish them?

For quantifying the competitive strength of a country in science and technology, robots have turned out to be a vital indicator.

This essay is part 2 in a series wherein I develop a modern anarchist synthesis, taking into account the progress of the sciences and the results of the revolutionary experiments of the past. Just as in part 1 (https://libcom.org/article/modern-anarchism-part-1-anarchist-analysis) I laid out a holistic analysis of the kyriarchal-mega-machine utilizing a broad array of theoretical and sociological insights, here I will lay out an analysis of the meaning of 'anarchy,' by first inspecting...

Vladimir Putins daughter Katerina Tikhonova (pictured), 36, snooped into social media accounts of 70million Russians aged 18 to 35 and concluded they are not loyal enough to her father.

Phase separation within cells creates droplets whose chemical activity leads to surprising mobility that serves cellular function and hints at the origin of life.