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analogy

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Analogy is a comparison or correspondence between two things (or two groups of things) because of a third element that they are considered to share. In logic, it is an inference or an argument from one particular to another particular, as opposed to deduction, induction, and abduction. It is also used of where at least one of the premises, or the conclusion, is general rather than particular in nature. It has the general form A is to B as C is to D. In a broader sense, analogical reasoning is a cognitive process of transferring some information or meaning of a particular subject (the analog, or source) onto another (the target); and also the linguistic expression corresponding to such a process. The term analogy can also refer to the relation between the source and the target themselves, which is often (though not always) a similarity, as in the biological notion of analogy. Analogy plays a significant role in human thought processes. It has been argued that analogy lies at "the core of cognition".

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atomic memory

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atomic memory n. / ǝ-'tä-mik 'mem-rē

A storage technology that uses a single atom to encode a bit of data.  It's still (really) slow but researchers have built a 2-D device that works.  Extended into three dimensions it would shrink the Library of Congress to the size of a pollen grain.

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Azimuthal Shear

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Azimuthal shear is calculated using a Linear Least Squares Derivative method (LLSD; Smith and Elmore 2004) on radial velocity data from individual radars and then blended into a large multi-radar mosaic for the contiguous United States (CONUS). The blending process results in a field of maximum shear.

To create the products, raw velocity data from a single radar (Fig. 1) are first passed through a 3x3 median filter to reduce spurious noise in the raw velocity data.

 

https://vlab.noaa.gov/web/wdtd/-/azimuthal-shear

 

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bio-albedo

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bio-albedo n. / 'bī-ō- al-'bē-dō

The global-warming effect of a red algae that blooms in melting snow.  The resulting pink hue reduces the albedo (reflectivity) of ice caps and glaciers causing them to absorb more of the sun's rays and melt even faster.

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biots

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Mobile artificial agents that can sense a simulated environment interact (signal mate find food) with other biots and learn and evolve over time. Fresh from BioLand at the University of California Los Angeles an experiment to develop distributed forms of intelligence using massively parallel computing.

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bompeln

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n. / 'bam-peln

Stoplights in the pavement introduced in Germany for pedestrians who text when walking.  A contraction of boden (ground) and ampein (traffic lights) bompein are said to help keep 'snombies' (snartphone zombies

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chine

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  1. A chine ( ) is a steep-sided coastal gorge where a river flows to the sea through, typically, soft eroding cliffs of sandstone or clays. The word is still in use in central Southern England—notably in East Devon, Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight—to describe such topographical features. The term 'bunny' is sometimes used to describe a chine in Hampshire. The term chine is also used in some Vancouver suburbs in Canada to describe similar features.
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Cloward--Piven strategy

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The Cloward–Piven strategy is a political strategy outlined in 1966 by American sociologists and political activists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven. It is the strategy of forcing political change leading to societal collapse through orchestrated crises.

The "Cloward–Piven Strategy" seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, amassing massive unpayable national debt, and other methods such as unfettered immigration thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse by overwhelming the United States.

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Darwinolide

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n. / dar-'win-e-lid

A substance that kills drug-resistant staph bacteria even when the bugs form a protective biofilm.  Scientists isolated it from an Antarctic sea sponge in the Darwinellidae family.

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dead tree edition

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The paper version of a publication available in both paper and electronic forms. As in: 'The dead tree edition of the San Francisco Chronicle….'

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egosurfing

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Scanning the Net databases print media or research papers looking for mentions of your own name.

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El Tío

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El Tío
n. / el 'tēō

A weather cycle caused by Pacific Ocean Currents - Like El Niño but lasting much longer. El Tío (Spanish for 'uncle') has been in a cool phase since the late '90s which probably reduced global warming over the past 20 years. Bad news: It may be reversing.

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electrogenetics

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electrogenetics
n / i- lek-trō-je-'ne-tiks

A way of toggling genes on and off with electricity to control a cell's behavior.  Ordinary biological and electronic systems cant talk to each other - cells communicate with molecules circuity with electrons.  This new tech bridges the gap opening up a sci-fi realm of hybrid bionic devices.

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Eyeballs

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Euphemism for a viewing audience. 'There are plenty of new eyeballs available in this time slot.'

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Flight Termination System

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A Flight Termination System (FTS) is a safety mechanism used in aerospace and missile programs to destroy or safely bring down a rocket, missile, or spacecraft if it deviates from its intended flight path, becomes uncontrollable, or poses a risk to life, property, or sensitive areas. Here's a breakdown of its key aspects:
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