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German physicist Max Planck was one of the pioneers(先驱；开拓者) of quantum mechanics(量子力学) in the early 20th century, earning the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of quanta(量子；能量子) . There has never been a whisper of scandal(丝毫丑闻传闻；whisper of scandal 为习语，指极微弱的负面传闻) about the man's integrity(正直；诚信) or his scientific work. So a pair of science historians(科学史学家) were puzzled when they discovered that a scientific journal had inexplicably(无法解释地；莫名其妙地) retracted(撤回；撤稿) two of Planck's papers from the 1940s. The journal in question(当事期刊；涉事期刊) is Naturwissenschaften, now known as The Science of Nature. The journal typically adds a large RETRACTED notice(撤稿声明) across digital papers that have been retracted, leaving them available for download(可供下载). But it has removed the two Planck papers entirely, leaving just a blank page(空白页) (and empty PDFs) with a brief note saying the articles had been "withdrawn due to article violation(因文章违规被撤回)." Physics historian Yves Gingras of the University of Quebec in Montreal was browsing the blog Retraction Watch's(撤稿观察；一个监测学术撤稿的知名博客) list of Nobel Prize winners who have had scientific papers retracted, just out of curiosity(纯属好奇). Gingras was shocked to see Planck's name on the list, and enlisted(招募；请来) fellow historian Mahdi Khelfaoui, of the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres, to investigate why the two papers had been retracted. They outlined(概述；梳理) their findings in a preprint(预印本；未经同行评审的论文初稿) posted to the physics arXiv(物理预印本服务器；arXiv.org). Read full article Comments

Itseems to be the week for cheap EVs. Right after the production model of the Slate electric truck was revealed, complete with a bump in range(续航里程的提升), a new European entrant(新进入者；新参与者) in electric mobility is launching out of stealth mode(隐身模式；保密开发模式) today and plans to bring its own affordable yet stylish rides to market. Amble's founders worked at Audi and Ford, started Cowboy ebikes, and cofounded Forpeople, the creative agency that works for, among others(除其他外；其中包括), Nio EVs, Arc’teryx, and Herman Miller. Indeed, Amble's design lead, Julian Hoenig, worked on the infamously(臭名昭著地；众所周知地) canceled Apple car, which goes some way to explaining(这在一定程度上解释了……) how this, the $25,000 Amble One, looks like it could have driven straight out of Cupertino(库比蒂诺；苹果总部所在地，常用作苹果公司的代称), despite hailing from(来自；源自) Lisbon, Portugal. The Amble One is a street-legal(合法上路的；符合道路法规的), stripped-down(简化版的；去繁就简的) electric buggy(沙滩车；越野小车) designed for the kind of places where a normal car feels out of place(格格不入；不合适). Coastal paths(沿海小径), private estates(私人庄园/地产), and those dusty tracks(尘土飞扬的小路/土路) between luxury hotel villas and the sea. Think of it as if Apple decided it was going to design a golf cart(高尔夫球车), then took the project even further. Read full article Comments