F.D. Flam 2023 had barely begun when scientists got some jolting news. On Jan. 4, a paper appeared in Nature claiming that disruptive scientific findings have been waning since 1945. An accompanying graph showed all fields on a steep downhill slide. Scientists took this as an affront. The New York Times interpreted the study to mean that scientists aren’t producing as … [Read more...] about Have scientific breakthroughs declined?
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