The timing of the 24-h observing window occasionally affects the determination of daily extrema through a mischaracterization of the diurnal minima and by extension can lead to errors in determining daily mean temperature.
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The Pause Update: January 2017
The complete UAH v6.0 data for January have been released. Ken presents all the graphs for various regions, and as well summaries for easier comparison. Ken also include graphs for the North and South Temperate regions (20-60 North and South), estimated from Polar and Extra-Tropical data.
The Pause has ended globally…
Is Space About To Experience A Design Renaissance?
The industry is once again focusing on science, and exhibiting the lightness and nimbleness that were lost during the Space Shuttle years
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How Do I Avoid Bias In My Data Science Work?
The danger of bias hasn’t been given enough consideration in Data Science. Bias is anything that would cause us to skew our conclusions and not treat results and evidence objectively. Bias is somet…
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An Examination of the Medicinal Potential of Pittosporum phylliraeoides: Toxicity, Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities
Pittosporum phylliraeoides is an endemic Australian plant historically used as a medicinal agent by indigenous Australians. P. phylliraeoides solvent extracts were tested for antibacterial and antifungal activities and toxicity in vitro.
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Never say never: NASA’s ‘impossible’ EM Drive shows promise in tests by German scientists
Thanks to the apparent confirmation of the scientific validity of the EM Drive, the research of British scientist Roger Shawyer may now be viable.
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Dark days ahead for Aussie space exploration
JOIN the League of Nations or risk falling out of space — that’s the message to Australia from a top astrobiologist who played a key role in the Mars rover mission.
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