Comments can be bad for science. That\u2019s why, here at PopularScience.com, we\u2019re shutting them off.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nYep. \u00a0Concluding that Pure Science (TM) has been hijacked by politics and other vile things, the articles will no longer have a place for comments and debate. I know, it\u2019s the Internet and sometimes the comments sections can get nasty. \u00a0But welcome to one more result of scientific and technological breakthroughs. \u00a0Like everything, there is good and bad. \u00a0In fact, in an unintentional bit of irony, PS might be missing the obvious lesson. \u00a0When it comes to scientific breakthroughs, you seldom get anything good without opening a whole new box of bad. \u00a0Welcome to Popular Science.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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