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Dead Scientists Birth New Ideas
So how do scientific advances actually happen? A new report from M.I.T. finds that when old scientists pass on, a new generation can come up and elaborate on old findings. These new scientists are no longer in the shadow of the old scientists so they are more likely to publish new work.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readSo how do scientific advances actually happen? A new report from M.I.T. finds that when old scientists pass on, a new generation can come up and elaborate on old findings. These new scientists are no longer in the shadow of the old scientists so they are more likely to publish new work.
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The full episode
3 of 5The Year of Police Shootings, Pop Sonnets, and the End of Death Metal- 0:00LA Shooting
- 7:42A Year of Police Shootings
- 18:47Dead Scientists Birth New IdeasYou’re reading this
- 26:22Pop Sonnets
- 42:03Last Days of Motley Crue