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Bear spray expiry dates: good news, and comical peer-reviewed pseudoscience — LessWrong
Last year my 4-year-old can of bear spray reached its expiry date, completely unused, and I wondered how sound the basis of that date was. Reddit sho…
Physicians Subjected to Unreliable ‘Lie-Detector’ Tests, according to the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., June 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Although polygraphs ('lie-detector” tests) are considered too unreliable to be admissible in federal and most...
Professors Plead with Universities to Reinstate SAT Requirements After Seeing Disturbing Trend Among Students
As high school students decline in math skills, colleges want to know how little entering students actually know by restoring the SAT.
[2606.02307] FATE-VLA:Failue-aware test generation for vision-language-action models
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2606.02307: FATE-VLA:Failue-aware test generation for vision-language-action models
The Fraud Behind Viral Testing
When The Test Itself Is The Disease The diagnosis came back positive. But what if the test itself was never validated against a real virus? That's not a conspir...
[2605.30454] The Surface You Test Is Not the Surface That Breaks
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.30454: The Surface You Test Is Not the Surface That Breaks
DNA testing of elongated skulls fails to rule out extraterrestrial origins
The peculiar skulls, which exhibit strange, elongated craniums, have been the topic of debate and intrigue for years.
Testing LFP Battery Failure Modes With Overcharging
As great as batteries are, it’s essential to understand their risks and how to keep them from going spicy. Recently there has been a bit of a fuss about the d...
The importance of SATs?
I may have gotten the wrong impression from bad shows but it seems to me that, in the US, SATs are stupidly important for highschoolers to continue on...
The 11 Best String Trimmers of 2026
We tested the best string trimmers to help you keep your yard looking sharp this season.