• @carl_dungeon
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    221 year ago

    Any headline that talks about “stunning”, “shocking”, or “angering” scientists gets an immediate red flag for me, right up there with “breakthrough” battery tech.

    • WadeTheWizard
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      131 year ago

      New battery tech shocks scientist after breakingthrough insulated casing.

    • @niktemadur
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      41 year ago

      Middle-aged men in white labcoats and with clipboard in hand, using the words “uncanny” and “eerie” in vague sentences.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      Yes, and it’s particularly obnoxious when they seem to have twisted a quote as an excuse for this: ‘“This was absolutely stunning to watch first-hand,” said materials scientist Brad Boyc.’ I’m pretty sure that use of the word means “beautiful”, not “shocking.”

  • @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    “A possible explanation involves a process known as cold welding, which occurs under ambient temperatures whenever metal surfaces come close enough together for their respective atoms to tangle together.”

    Am i silly or where is the difference? Cold welding is known for a long time, nothing to be stunned about.