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Show HN: Humbot – Duolingo for science education

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Hi guys,

I am the co-founder of Humbot. Our goal is to make learning a habit for more people and increase the public understanding of science. You can get the app for iOS and Android here: https://humbot.io

I appreciate feedback on every level and am here for questions.

Enjoy!

This looks interesting, giving it a try now. Thanks!

edit: As an aside, i long for this type of thing for politics. There is obviously a lot of complicated issues, but i feel woefully uneducated in politics and it's made far worse in a climate where News is untrustworthy and politicians lie and slander without fear.

Hey, thanks for giving it a spin! Looking forward to your feedback!

We've heard this from a number of people now regarding politics. I definitely think it's an important topic to educate people on, but I still believe that the foundation for most things lies in having a basic and solid understanding of natural sciences. I would, however, not rule out that we add politics in the future.

I am bit confused here. I install the app on Android, the bot asked few preferences and after signing up, I see two science articles on my screen. I can't even bring back the bot to ask for more articles.

Am I missing something?

Hi ganessh, Thanks for the feedback! The initial questions are not directly related to the articles you see, they help us to better understand what interests you.

Initially, everyone only sees two articles. We push new articles to your feed every couple of days. The next push is this afternoon.

I understand that it's confusing that one only sees two articles without any further explanation. I am working on a coach mark right now to clarify the issue for new users. It will be available with our next release next week.

Thanks for the feedback, this is really valuable to us and I appreciate it.

Does this clarify the situation for you?

FYI, the link you posted is for the HN post.

Thanks peternicky for pointing it out. I only realized after submitting the post that I forgot the add the URL. It wasn't possible to add it in edit mode, and deleting and re-adding the post was also not possible. So, I figured the best is to add it in the comments.

Maybe if someone from HN sees this: Could you add the URL to the post? :-)

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