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How the Guinness Brewery Invented the Most Important Statistical Method in Science

Scientific American

The most common test of statistical significance originated from the Guinness brewery.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.25.24

PA Environment Daily

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.” - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] House next voting day June 3, 4, 5, 10, 1

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At Least Two Countries Have Lost All Their Glaciers

Scientific American

Two countries—Slovenia and Venezuela—have lost all of their glaciers.