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Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-29 | tags: max planck, naturwissenschaften, retraction

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Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck? (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-28 | tags: max planck, naturwissenschaften, retraction

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Max Planck Slapped With Two Paper Retractions By Suspected Rogue Algorithm (slashdot.org)

2026-06-27 | by Posted | tags: max planck, paper retractions, rogue algorithm

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Why have papers by one of history's most famous physicists been retracted? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-26 | tags: physicist, paper retraction, scientific publishing

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Prefer duplication over the wrong abstraction (2016) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-21 | by Sandi Metz | tags: railsconf, duplication, abstraction

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Code duplication is far cheaper than the wrong abstraction (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-21 | by Sandi Metz | get Clean Code: A Handbook → | tags: railsconf, code duplication, abstraction

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Scientists made espresso with sound instead of heat, and most drinkers couldn't tell the difference (techspot.com)

2026-06-21 | by Skye Jacobs | get Soundwave Espresso Maker → | tags: unsw sydney, ultrasonic espresso, acoustic cavitation

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Scientists Invent a Way to Brew Espresso With Ultrasonic Waves—No Hot Water Required (wired.com)

2026-06-20 | by Javier Carbajal | get Ultrasonic Espresso Maker → | tags: ultrasonic espresso, university of new south wales, acoustic cavitation

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Blue Bottle’s new drinks are taking the espresso machine out of iced espresso (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-16 | get Espresso Machine Cleaning Kit → | tags: blue bottle coffee, iced espresso, kyoto-style

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Weave: Merging based on language structure and not lines (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-14 | get Language Structure Merging Tool → | tags: git, weave, tree-sitter

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Show HN: I am building a map of people who lived in the Roman Empire (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-10 | get Roman Empire Map Puzzle → | tags: roman empire, epigraphic database, ai name extraction

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This solar-powered desalination device turns seawater into drinking water, can also extract lithium (techspot.com)

2026-06-01 | get Solar Water Purification Kit → | tags: solar-powered desalination, superwicking black metal, femtosecond laser pulses

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New Desalination System Turns Seawater Into Drinking Water and Useful Salts - Including Lithium (slashdot.org)

2026-06-01 | by Posted | get Lithium Water Filtration System → | tags: desalination, lithium extraction, solar panels

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MIT Researchers Develop a Low-Cost Technique To Get Lithium Out of Rocks (slashdot.org)

2026-05-29 | get Lithium Extraction Kit → | tags: mit, lithium extraction, battery-grade lithium

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Researchers develop a new process to get lithium out of rocks (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-28 | get Lithium Extraction Kit → | tags: lithium extraction, science, spodumene

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How a new extraction process could unlock the world’s lithium (technologyreview.com)

2026-05-28 | by Casey Crownhart | get Lithium Extraction Kit → | tags: lithium extraction, sublimine systems, silicate minerals

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Alexander Grothendieck Revolutionized 20th-Century Mathematics (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-24 | by Konstantin Kakaes | get Grothendieck Mathematical Art Print → | tags: grothendieck, mathematics, paris

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80386 Microcode Disassembled (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-23 | get Intel 80386 Microprocessor Kit → | tags: 80386, microcode, ken shirriff

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Are Vibration Plates All Hype? Here’s What Experts Think About the Latest Trend (cnet.com)

2026-05-20 | by See Full Bio | get Vibration Plate Exercise Machine → | tags: vibration plates, lymphatic drainage, touro university

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Show HN: I built a Web-Scraper API that is 6-7x more efficient than current ones (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-14 | get Web Scraper API Tool → | tags: web-scraper api, json schema, runo extraction

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Roadside Attraction (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | by The Offing | get Portable Car Jump Starter → | tags: roadside attractions, marfa lights, alamogordo

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A major study claiming ChatGPT improves student learning has been retracted (techspot.com)

2026-05-06 | get AI Learning Tools Kit → | tags: chatgpt, student learning, retraction

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Are attention spans really shrinking? What the science says (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-06 | by Adam | get Focus Booster App → | tags: hugo gernback, attention spans, smartphones

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The 'Hidden' Costs of Great Abstractions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-03 | tags: abstractions, computing, memory

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Texico: Learn the principles of programming without even touching a computer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | tags: texico, programming, animated characters

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Electrical current might be the key to a better cup of coffee (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-28 | get Electric Coffee Mug Warmer → | tags: coffee, christopher hendon, nature communications

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This major school district just voted to ditch screens and go back to pen and paper (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-23 | tags: los angeles, school district, pen and paper

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Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-22 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get iPhone Data Recovery Tool → | tags: apple, ios, signal

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Martin Fowler: Technical, Cognitive, and Intent Debt (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-22 | by Martin Fowler | get Clean Code Development Book → | tags: pragmatic summit, kent beck, ai industry

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Dragonberry Weed Could Help Scientists Extract Rare-Earth Metals From Polluted Soil (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-20 | tags: dragonberry, rare-earth metals, soil remediation