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TIL about "Noah's syndrome" - an extreme form of animal hoarding disorder

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R79Aj TIL Only three sciences get Nobel awards: chemistry, physics and physiology. Mathematics is ignored, as are computing, robotics and artificial intelligence as well as environmental sciences. Modern science is also a group affair, rather than the genius of a few scientists
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