Wednesday, 31 July 2019

Quo vadis, Mexican science? - Science Magazine

Quo vadis, Mexican science?  Science Magazine

Last week, my colleagues and I went to the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City to deliver a petition signed by over 11,000 researchers in protest of the government's ...



This newfound predator may have terrorized the Cambrian seafloor - Science News

This newfound predator may have terrorized the Cambrian seafloor  Science News

A fierce predator, with spiny claws and a round, rasping mouth, terrorized the Cambrian seafloor 508 million years ago as it raked through the sand in search of ...



Black moon event bridges fiction, mythology and science - Phys.Org

Black moon event bridges fiction, mythology and science  Phys.Org

For those looking up at the sky tonight in North America, you may notice something missing—the moon! That's because July 31 marks a lunar event called the ...



Fallout after my science and religion column - The Irish Times

Fallout after my science and religion column  The Irish Times

What I said was inaccurately portrayed and my intentions misinterpreted.



Jeffrey Epstein lured scientists with his wealth in scheme to spread his DNA: report - Fox News

Jeffrey Epstein lured scientists with his wealth in scheme to spread his DNA: report  Fox News

Wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who has been accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls, dangled money at scientists in the hopes of creating a ...



Jeffrey Epstein Sure Had Some Extremely Disturbing Thoughts on Science - Gizmodo

Jeffrey Epstein Sure Had Some Extremely Disturbing Thoughts on Science  Gizmodo

US attorney for the Southern District of New York points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein at a July 8, 2019 press conference. Photo: Stephanie Keith (Getty Images).



Jeffrey Epstein lured scientists with his wealth in scheme to spread his DNA: report - Fox News

Jeffrey Epstein lured scientists with his wealth in scheme to spread his DNA: report  Fox News

Wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who has been accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls, dangled money at scientists in the hopes of creating a ...



Jeffrey Epstein Sure Had Some Extremely Disturbing Thoughts on Science - Gizmodo

Jeffrey Epstein Sure Had Some Extremely Disturbing Thoughts on Science  Gizmodo

US attorney for the Southern District of New York points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein at a July 8, 2019 press conference. Photo: Stephanie Keith (Getty Images).



Jeffrey Epstein lured scientists with his wealth in scheme to spread his DNA: report - Fox News

Jeffrey Epstein lured scientists with his wealth in scheme to spread his DNA: report  Fox News

Wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who has been accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls, dangled money at scientists in the hopes of creating a ...



Jeffrey Epstein Sure Had Some Extremely Disturbing Thoughts on Science - Gizmodo

Jeffrey Epstein Sure Had Some Extremely Disturbing Thoughts on Science  Gizmodo

US attorney for the Southern District of New York points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein at a July 8, 2019 press conference. Photo: Stephanie Keith (Getty Images).



Black moon event bridges fiction, mythology and science - Phys.Org

Black moon event bridges fiction, mythology and science  Phys.Org

For those looking up at the sky tonight in North America, you may notice something missing—the moon! That's because July 31 marks a lunar event called the ...



Black moon event bridges fiction, mythology and science - Phys.Org

Black moon event bridges fiction, mythology and science  Phys.Org

For those looking up at the sky tonight in North America, you may notice something missing—the moon! That's because July 31 marks a lunar event called the ...



U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's hardline Brexit stance stokes fears for scientists - Science Magazine

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's hardline Brexit stance stokes fears for scientists  Science Magazine

The twisted tale of the United Kingdom's planned withdrawal from the European Union has taken a perilous turn. Boris Johnson, a charismatic and incautious ...



Jeffrey Epstein lured scientists with his wealth in scheme to spread his DNA: report - Fox News

Jeffrey Epstein lured scientists with his wealth in scheme to spread his DNA: report  Fox News

Wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who has been accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls, dangled money at scientists in the hopes of creating a ...



Girls Empowered Camp to change the way young girls view science - WXOW.com

Girls Empowered Camp to change the way young girls view science  WXOW.com

GROW La Crosse Program Director Ana Skemp wanted young girls to change the way they view their abilities in science.



Science Research At Southeast Could Soon Be Accelerated Through A New Piece Of Equipment - KRCU

Science Research At Southeast Could Soon Be Accelerated Through A New Piece Of Equipment  KRCU

Southeast Missouri State University has been awarded $228400 from the National Science Foundation to go toward a piece of equipment called a “Powder ...



Trump's Shadow War on Climate Science - Foreign Policy

Trump's Shadow War on Climate Science  Foreign Policy

A State Department intelligence analyst who recently resigned warned that the White House is systematically suppressing science and objective analysis on ...



Intensified vegetation water use under acid deposition - Science Advances

Intensified vegetation water use under acid deposition  Science Advances

Despite the important role vegetation plays in the global water cycle, the exact controls of vegetation water use, especially the role of soil biogeochemistry, ...



Science Research At Southeast Could Soon Be Accelerated Through A New Piece Of Equipment - KRCU

Science Research At Southeast Could Soon Be Accelerated Through A New Piece Of Equipment  KRCU

Southeast Missouri State University has been awarded $228400 from the National Science Foundation to go toward a piece of equipment called a “Powder ...



Arizona man finds out mother's body donated to science was sold to be used in IED blast test | TheHill - The Hill

Arizona man finds out mother's body donated to science was sold to be used in IED blast test | TheHill  The Hill

A man from Arizona who donated his mother's body to the Biological Resource Center in Phoenix for medical research said discovered her body was used ...



Groups criticize exclusion of external science reviews from DGAC process - Agri-Pulse

Groups criticize exclusion of external science reviews from DGAC process  Agri-Pulse

A collection of consumer, health and other groups is urging the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee to use non-USDA systematic reviews and meta-analyses ...



Glowing cholesterol helps scientists fight heart disease - EurekAlert

Glowing cholesterol helps scientists fight heart disease  EurekAlert

A newly developed technique that shows artery clogging fat-and-protein complexes in live fish gave investigators from Carnegie, Johns Hopkins University, and ...



Indonesia gets tough on foreign scientists - Science Magazine

Indonesia gets tough on foreign scientists  Science Magazine

Indonesia's rich biodiversity and complex geology have lured scientists from abroad for centuries. But a law adopted on 16 July by Indonesia's parliament may ...



ASU student exploring science, technology and advocacy in summer fellowship - Arizona State University

ASU student exploring science, technology and advocacy in summer fellowship  Arizona State University

A summer fellowship is affording ASU student Jan Cordero Casillas opportunities to apply aspects of his doctoral research, which focuses on visualizing better ...



Tuesday, 30 July 2019

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Science - Scientific American

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Science  Scientific American

Earlier this month, as we celebrated our 243rd Independence Day, we are grateful to live in a democracy founded on the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of ...



What's a 'Science Princess' doing in an ice field in Alaska? - BBC News

What's a 'Science Princess' doing in an ice field in Alaska?  BBC News

While Celeste Labedz knew quite a few fellow scientists would appreciate the picture of her dressed up as a "glaciologist Princess Elsa", she had no idea the ...



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Science - Scientific American

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Science  Scientific American

Earlier this month, as we celebrated our 243rd Independence Day, we are grateful to live in a democracy founded on the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of ...



What's a 'Science Princess' doing in an ice field in Alaska? - BBC News

What's a 'Science Princess' doing in an ice field in Alaska?  BBC News

While Celeste Labedz knew quite a few fellow scientists would appreciate the picture of her dressed up as a "glaciologist Princess Elsa", she had no idea the ...



Scientists engage public on human augmentation - Science Magazine

Scientists engage public on human augmentation  Science Magazine

Anthropologist Christopher Lynn is traveling to Samoa this summer for ongoing research to test whether the ancestral practice of tattooing throughout this ...



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Science - Scientific American

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Science  Scientific American

Earlier this month, as we celebrated our 243rd Independence Day, we are grateful to live in a democracy founded on the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of ...



What's a 'Science Princess' doing in an ice field in Alaska? - BBC News

What's a 'Science Princess' doing in an ice field in Alaska?  BBC News

While Celeste Labedz knew quite a few fellow scientists would appreciate the picture of her dressed up as a "glaciologist Princess Elsa", she had no idea the ...



EPA Advisory Panel Changes Split Science Committee - FYI: Science Policy News

EPA Advisory Panel Changes Split Science Committee  FYI: Science Policy News

Policy changes altering the membership of the Environmental Protection Agency's science advisory committees were rolled into a broader dispute at a recent ...



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



Toby Walsh, A.I. Expert, Is Racing to Stop the Killer Robots - The New York Times

Toby Walsh, A.I. Expert, Is Racing to Stop the Killer Robots  The New York Times

Toby Walsh, a professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, is one of Australia's leading experts on artificial intelligence. He and other experts have ...



Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Science - Scientific American

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Science  Scientific American

Earlier this month, as we celebrated our 243rd Independence Day, we are grateful to live in a democracy founded on the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of ...



What's a 'Science Princess' doing in an ice field in Alaska? - BBC News

What's a 'Science Princess' doing in an ice field in Alaska?  BBC News

While Celeste Labedz knew quite a few fellow scientists would appreciate the picture of her dressed up as a "glaciologist Princess Elsa", she had no idea the ...



Future - The strange science inside your sourdough - BBC News

Future - The strange science inside your sourdough  BBC News

We know sourdough's flavour and texture comes from the activity of microscopic bacteria – but where exactly are they coming from?



Poop transplants can help prematurely old mice live longer - Science Magazine

Poop transplants can help prematurely old mice live longer  Science Magazine

Some relationships are short lived, but some are for life—like the mutually beneficial partnership between a person and the trillions of bacteria in their gut. But as ...



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



Boonshoft Museum to host free Super Science Saturday - WHIO

Boonshoft Museum to host free Super Science Saturday  WHIO

The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery will present another free Super Science Saturday later this month.The STEM-a-Palooza themed event, held on August 17 ...



Department of Energy Announces $14 Million for Fusion Energy Sciences Research | Department - Energy.gov

Department of Energy Announces $14 Million for Fusion Energy Sciences Research | Department  Energy.gov

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $14 million in funding for 10 university-led research projects using the DIII-D ...



Indian Scientists Just Discovered 28 New Stars In The Milky Way - Mashable India

Indian Scientists Just Discovered 28 New Stars In The Milky Way  Mashable India

India has already made it big in the aerospace world with the grand launch of Chandrayaan-2. Now, Indian scientists have also taken a giant leap in ...



Allison wins Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award - William & Mary News

Allison wins Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award  William & Mary News

Lizabeth Allison, Chancellor Professor of Biology at William & Mary, has been awarded the Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award by the American Society ...



UI professor brings art and science together in new exhibit - UI The Daily Iowan

UI professor brings art and science together in new exhibit  UI The Daily Iowan

University of Iowa Professor Kathleen Sluka takes depictions of cells beyond what would be found in a biology textbook, creating grand colorful paintings of the ...



Allison wins Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award - William & Mary News

Allison wins Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award  William & Mary News

Lizabeth Allison, Chancellor Professor of Biology at William & Mary, has been awarded the Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award by the American Society ...



Monday, 29 July 2019

Indonesia gets tough on foreign scientists - Science Magazine

Indonesia gets tough on foreign scientists  Science Magazine

Indonesia's rich biodiversity and complex geology have lured scientists from abroad for centuries. But a law adopted on 16 July by Indonesia's parliament may ...



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



The Brief Spring of Global Science: How climate science is affected by nationalism and propaganda - Resilience

The Brief Spring of Global Science: How climate science is affected by nationalism and propaganda  Resilience

There was a time, during the 19th century, when Darwin's ideas on natural selection were rejected by the whole French science. One reason was the influence ...



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



Race science published from Stellenbosch, Cape Town universities - Quartz Africa

Race science published from Stellenbosch, Cape Town universities  Quartz Africa

As soon as Barbara Boswell began reading the journal article, the associate professor of English at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa says she ...



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



USGS Awardees of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers - United States Geological Survey

USGS Awardees of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers  United States Geological Survey

The U.S. Geological Survey is celebrating the success of eight distinguished researchers who are recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists ...



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



Science News Briefs From All Over - Scientific American

Science News Briefs From All Over  Scientific American

A few brief reports about international science and technology from Guatemala to Australia, including one about how the first recorded tornado in Nepal.



Deforestation in the Amazon is shooting up, but Brazil's president calls the data 'a lie' - Science Magazine

Deforestation in the Amazon is shooting up, but Brazil's president calls the data 'a lie'  Science Magazine

Deforestation is shooting up again in the Brazilian Amazon, according to satellite monitoring data. But Brazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, whom many ...



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



Asteroid near miss: "City Killer" Asteroid misses Earth and scientists had no idea - CBS News

Asteroid near miss: "City Killer" Asteroid misses Earth and scientists had no idea  CBS News

Scientists revealed an asteroid dubbed by some as a "city killer" came closer to the Earth than the moon this week. The Washington Post reported that scientists ...



Divers Find Temples and Treasures in Sunken Ancient Egyptian City - Live Science

Divers Find Temples and Treasures in Sunken Ancient Egyptian City  Live Science

Divers swimming through Heracleion, an ancient Egyptian city that's now under water, have discovered a trove of artifacts, including the remains of a temple, ...



Divers Find Temples and Treasures in Sunken Ancient Egyptian City - Live Science

Divers Find Temples and Treasures in Sunken Ancient Egyptian City  Live Science

Divers swimming through Heracleion, an ancient Egyptian city that's now under water, have discovered a trove of artifacts, including the remains of a temple, ...



Divers Find Temples and Treasures in Sunken Ancient Egyptian City - Live Science

Divers Find Temples and Treasures in Sunken Ancient Egyptian City  Live Science

Divers swimming through Heracleion, an ancient Egyptian city that's now under water, have discovered a trove of artifacts, including the remains of a temple, ...



Allison wins Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award - William & Mary News

Allison wins Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award  William & Mary News

Lizabeth Allison, Chancellor Professor of Biology at William & Mary, has been awarded the Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award by the American Society ...



U.S. universities battle a security storm in Congress - Science Magazine

U.S. universities battle a security storm in Congress  Science Magazine

Legislators weigh steps to thwart foreign attacks on academic research.



In a first, physicists re-created the sun's spiraling solar wind in a lab - Science News

In a first, physicists re-created the sun's spiraling solar wind in a lab  Science News

Some of the sun's fundamental physics have been re-created with plasma inside a vacuum chamber.



How Komodo dragons survive deadly bites from other Komodos - Science Magazine

How Komodo dragons survive deadly bites from other Komodos  Science Magazine

First-ever genome analysis reveals what makes these lizards such fierce hunters.



Blink 182 Frontman's UFO Organization Says It's Obtained Materials 'Unknown' To Science - IFLScience

Blink 182 Frontman's UFO Organization Says It's Obtained Materials 'Unknown' To Science  IFLScience

A UFO organization launched by former Blink 182 frontman Tom DeLonge says it has in its possession 'groundbreaking metamaterials' unknown to science.



To feed its 1.4 billion, China bets big on genome editing of crops - Science Magazine

To feed its 1.4 billion, China bets big on genome editing of crops  Science Magazine

This story, the first in a series on CRISPR in China, was supported by the Pulitzer Center. IN BEIJING AND DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA—If Gao Caixia were a ...



How data science in and for Africa can blaze new trails - Tech Xplore

How data science in and for Africa can blaze new trails  Tech Xplore

The term "data science" was coined by scientists working at the social networks LinkedIn and Facebook in 2008. A few years later, they dubbed it "the sexiest ...



Deforestation in the Amazon is shooting up, but Brazil's president calls the data 'a lie' - Science Magazine

Deforestation in the Amazon is shooting up, but Brazil's president calls the data 'a lie'  Science Magazine

Deforestation is shooting up again in the Brazilian Amazon, according to satellite monitoring data. But Brazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, whom many ...



Divers Find Temples and Treasures in Sunken Ancient Egyptian City - Live Science

Divers Find Temples and Treasures in Sunken Ancient Egyptian City  Live Science

Divers swimming through Heracleion, an ancient Egyptian city that's now under water, have discovered a trove of artifacts, including the remains of a temple, ...



Aris MD Makes X-Ray Vision Science Fact - Forbes

Aris MD Makes X-Ray Vision Science Fact  Forbes

Aris MD has discovered its NASA award winning method for turning medical scans into 3D spaces can do the same for industrial scanning.



The Bizarre, Peaty Science of Arctic Wildfires - WIRED

The Bizarre, Peaty Science of Arctic Wildfires  WIRED

Peat is the organic material that gives Scotch its characteristic taste. But it's also a potent fuel that's powering unprecedented arctic wildfires.



Eating More Nuts To Improve Your Sex Life: What The Science Really Says - Forbes

Eating More Nuts To Improve Your Sex Life: What The Science Really Says  Forbes

Can adding nuts to a typical diet improve sexual function and performance? A new study suggests it's possible, but what does the science really tell us?



Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why. - Salon

Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why.  Salon

At turns lauded and vilified, the humble egg is an example of everything wrong with nutrition studies.



Marianne Williamson Isn’t Anti-Science As Much As She’s Pro-Feelings - Slate

Marianne Williamson Isn’t Anti-Science As Much As She’s Pro-Feelings  Slate

First there came the Marianne Williamson adoration. When the presidential candidate closed the second night of the first Democratic debates by explaining that ...



Race science published from Stellenbosch, Cape Town universities - Quartz

Race science published from Stellenbosch, Cape Town universities  Quartz

Two scientific papers in South Africa have raised questions among critics about the quality—and potential biases—of international peer review.



Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why. - Salon

Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why.  Salon

At turns lauded and vilified, the humble egg is an example of everything wrong with nutrition studies.



Sunday, 28 July 2019

Science Under Fire: Ebola Researchers Fight to Test Drugs and Vaccines in a War Zone - Scientific American

Science Under Fire: Ebola Researchers Fight to Test Drugs and Vaccines in a War Zone  Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the ...



Do both the Left and Right deny science? - Brag Magazine

Do both the Left and Right deny science?  Brag Magazine

People are often willing to deny science when they don't like its implications. And this is happening with some force on both the political right and the political left ...



Science Under Fire: Ebola Researchers Fight to Test Drugs and Vaccines in a War Zone - Scientific American

Science Under Fire: Ebola Researchers Fight to Test Drugs and Vaccines in a War Zone  Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the ...



Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why. - Salon

Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why.  Salon

At turns lauded and vilified, the humble egg is an example of everything wrong with nutrition studies.



Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why. - Salon

Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why.  Salon

At turns lauded and vilified, the humble egg is an example of everything wrong with nutrition studies.



Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why. - Salon

Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why.  Salon

At turns lauded and vilified, the humble egg is an example of everything wrong with nutrition studies.



Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why. - Salon

Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why.  Salon

At turns lauded and vilified, the humble egg is an example of everything wrong with nutrition studies.



EPA Might Be Using Its Advisors To Do Away With Protective Science Guidelines - Union of Concerned Scientists

EPA Might Be Using Its Advisors To Do Away With Protective Science Guidelines  Union of Concerned Scientists

At the last EPA Science Advisory Board meeting in June, the EPA SAB was asked to partake in a consultation process in review of the EPA's planned changes to ...



Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why. - Salon

Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why.  Salon

At turns lauded and vilified, the humble egg is an example of everything wrong with nutrition studies.



Some experts worry Shark Week focuses too much on the sensational, not enough on science - NBC News

Some experts worry Shark Week focuses too much on the sensational, not enough on science  NBC News

For 31 years, the Discovery Channel has entertained viewers with its yearly pop culture phenomenon Shark Week, wowing viewers with programming like this ...



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



'Science in the Summer' returns to Bucks County libraries - Bucks County Courier Times

'Science in the Summer' returns to Bucks County libraries  Bucks County Courier Times

Bucks County elementary school students avoid the 'summer slide" with the educational and interactive "Science in the Summer" program at public libraries ...



UK charity warns no-deal Brexit threatens science, research - Fox Business

UK charity warns no-deal Brexit threatens science, research  Fox Business

The head of Britain's leading charity funding scientific research has written to new Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning about the threat to science if Britain ...



An Unlikely Marriage of Science and Art - Hyperallergic

An Unlikely Marriage of Science and Art  Hyperallergic

In the hate-convulsed worldscape of today, Heather Dewey-Hagborg proposes oxytocin as that long looked-for potion: The Love Drug.



Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why. - Salon

Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why.  Salon

At turns lauded and vilified, the humble egg is an example of everything wrong with nutrition studies.



Mapping how hydra regrow cells may demystify regeneration - Science News

Mapping how hydra regrow cells may demystify regeneration  Science News

In the continually regenerating hydra, fluorescent markers help researchers track stem cells on the way to their cellular fate.



UK charity warns no-deal Brexit threatens science, research - ABC News

UK charity warns no-deal Brexit threatens science, research  ABC News

The head of Britain's leading charity funding scientific research has written to new Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning about the threat to science if Britain ...



Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why. - Salon

Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why.  Salon

At turns lauded and vilified, the humble egg is an example of everything wrong with nutrition studies.



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



Saturday, 27 July 2019

Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why. - Salon

Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why.  Salon

At turns lauded and vilified, the humble egg is an example of everything wrong with nutrition studies.



EPA Might Be Using Its Advisors To Do Away With Protective Science Guidelines - Union of Concerned Scientists

EPA Might Be Using Its Advisors To Do Away With Protective Science Guidelines  Union of Concerned Scientists

At the last EPA Science Advisory Board meeting in June, the EPA SAB was asked to partake in a consultation process in review of the EPA's planned changes to ...



Singular angular magnetoresistance in a magnetic nodal semimetal - Science Magazine

Singular angular magnetoresistance in a magnetic nodal semimetal  Science Magazine

Interplay between real- and momentum-space properties of materials can lead to exotic phenomena. Suzuki et al. studied electrical transport in the presence of ...



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss "Soft Science" - Scientific American

Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss "Soft Science"  Scientific American

Business leaders often make organizational decisions based on personal experience. Why shouldn't they? Isn't the study of leadership a soft science?



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss "Soft Science" - Scientific American

Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss "Soft Science"  Scientific American

Business leaders often make organizational decisions based on personal experience. Why shouldn't they? Isn't the study of leadership a soft science?



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss "Soft Science" - Scientific American

Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss "Soft Science"  Scientific American

Business leaders often make organizational decisions based on personal experience. Why shouldn't they? Isn't the study of leadership a soft science?



Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why. - Salon

Nutrition science is broken. This new egg study shows why.  Salon

At turns lauded and vilified, the humble egg is an example of everything wrong with nutrition studies.



Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss "Soft Science" - Scientific American

Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss "Soft Science"  Scientific American

Business leaders often make organizational decisions based on personal experience. Why shouldn't they? Isn't the study of leadership a soft science?



Science in a Frozen Ocean - Eos

Science in a Frozen Ocean  Eos

The Weddell Gyre, delimited by a clockwise-rotating ocean flow in the Southern Ocean, covers an area more than half the size of the USA. Its characteristics ...



UK charity warns no-deal Brexit threatens science, research - ABC News

UK charity warns no-deal Brexit threatens science, research  ABC News

The head of Britain's leading charity funding scientific research has written to new Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning about the threat to science if Britain ...



Scientists find clue to 'maternal instinct' - Science Daily

Scientists find clue to 'maternal instinct'  Science Daily

Oxytocin is referred to as the love hormone and is important in the regulation of social and maternal behavior. The oxytocin system in the brain may be key to ...



Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss "Soft Science" - Scientific American

Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss "Soft Science"  Scientific American

Business leaders often make organizational decisions based on personal experience. Why shouldn't they? Isn't the study of leadership a soft science?



Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss "Soft Science" - Scientific American

Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss "Soft Science"  Scientific American

Business leaders often make organizational decisions based on personal experience. Why shouldn't they? Isn't the study of leadership a soft science?



Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss "Soft Science" - Scientific American

Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss "Soft Science"  Scientific American

Business leaders often make organizational decisions based on personal experience. Why shouldn't they? Isn't the study of leadership a soft science?



Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss "Soft Science" - Scientific American

Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss "Soft Science"  Scientific American

Business leaders often make organizational decisions based on personal experience. Why shouldn't they? Isn't the study of leadership a soft science?



How scientists are coping in the wake of the National Museum fire in Brazil - Washington Post

How scientists are coping in the wake of the National Museum fire in Brazil  Washington Post

In-depth feature reports on tenacious researchers rebuilding their careers and the institution's scientific legacy.



UK charity warns no-deal Brexit threatens science, research - The Republic

UK charity warns no-deal Brexit threatens science, research  The Republic

The head of Britain's leading charity funding scientific research has written to new Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning about the threat to science if Britain ...



Mapping how hydra regrow cells may demystify regeneration - Science News

Mapping how hydra regrow cells may demystify regeneration  Science News

In the continually regenerating hydra, fluorescent markers help researchers track stem cells on the way to their cellular fate.



Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping - Science Magazine

Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping  Science Magazine

One evening in September 2013, windows rattled and ceiling fans swayed in northeastern Israel as a small earthquake rumbled beneath the Sea of Galilee—the ...



Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping - Science Magazine

Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping  Science Magazine

One evening in September 2013, windows rattled and ceiling fans swayed in northeastern Israel as a small earthquake rumbled beneath the Sea of Galilee—the ...



Friday, 26 July 2019

Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping - Science Magazine

Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping  Science Magazine

One evening in September 2013, windows rattled and ceiling fans swayed in northeastern Israel as a small earthquake rumbled beneath the Sea of Galilee—the ...



Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping - Science Magazine

Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping  Science Magazine

One evening in September 2013, windows rattled and ceiling fans swayed in northeastern Israel as a small earthquake rumbled beneath the Sea of Galilee—the ...



Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping - Science Magazine

Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping  Science Magazine

One evening in September 2013, windows rattled and ceiling fans swayed in northeastern Israel as a small earthquake rumbled beneath the Sea of Galilee—the ...



Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping - Science Magazine

Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping  Science Magazine

One evening in September 2013, windows rattled and ceiling fans swayed in northeastern Israel as a small earthquake rumbled beneath the Sea of Galilee—the ...



Antarctica: How scientists discovered ‘spectacular fossil’ exposing shock history - Express.co.uk

Antarctica: How scientists discovered ‘spectacular fossil’ exposing shock history  Express.co.uk

ANTARCTICA scientists discovered a “spectacular fossil” in the icy continent that revealed a shocking insight into its past.



Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping - Science Magazine

Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping  Science Magazine

One evening in September 2013, windows rattled and ceiling fans swayed in northeastern Israel as a small earthquake rumbled beneath the Sea of Galilee—the ...



Atomically precise bottom-up synthesis of π-extended [5]triangulene - Science Advances

Atomically precise bottom-up synthesis of π-extended [5]triangulene  Science Advances

The zigzag-edged triangular graphene molecules (ZTGMs) have been predicted to host ferromagnetically coupled edge states with the net spin scaling with the ...



Scientists engage public on human augmentation - Science Magazine

Scientists engage public on human augmentation  Science Magazine

Anthropologist Christopher Lynn is traveling to Samoa this summer for ongoing research to test whether the ancestral practice of tattooing throughout this ...



Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping - Science Magazine

Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping  Science Magazine

One evening in September 2013, windows rattled and ceiling fans swayed in northeastern Israel as a small earthquake rumbled beneath the Sea of Galilee—the ...



For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership? - Science Magazine

For academics, what matters more: journal prestige or readership?  Science Magazine

With more than 30,000 academic journals now in circulation, academics can have a hard time figuring out where to submit their work for publication.



EPA Might Be Using Its Advisors To Do Away With Protective Science Guidelines - Union of Concerned Scientists

EPA Might Be Using Its Advisors To Do Away With Protective Science Guidelines  Union of Concerned Scientists

At the last EPA Science Advisory Board meeting in June, the EPA SAB was asked to partake in a consultation process in review of the EPA's planned changes to ...



Thursday, 25 July 2019

Eric Weinstein suggests that science needs more imagination. - Big Think

Eric Weinstein suggests that science needs more imagination.  Big Think

On The Portal, Eric Weinstein says the scientific method strangles ingenuity by fostering groupthink over imagination. He quotes Jim Watson: "In order to make ...



T cell–mediated regulation of the microbiota protects against obesity - Science Magazine

T cell–mediated regulation of the microbiota protects against obesity  Science Magazine

The gut microbiota is a critical factor regulating mammalian metabolism. The host immune system, in turn, can shape the microbiome, in part via immunoglobulin ...



Scientists Accidentally Created a Liquid Magnet - Futurism

Scientists Accidentally Created a Liquid Magnet  Futurism

Scientists created a metallic liquid capable of maintaining a magnetic field for the first time in history — and they did it entirely by accident. University of ...



Axios Science - July 25, 2019 - Axios

Axios Science - July 25, 2019  Axios

Smart and timely news and analysis of scientific breakthroughs, by Andrew Freedman. Thursday afternoons.



Immune control of the microbiota prevents obesity - Science Magazine

Immune control of the microbiota prevents obesity  Science Magazine

Obesity is a complex disease that is influenced by a mixture of genetic, behavioral, and environmental variables, such as the ability to metabolize nutrients, how ...



T cell–mediated regulation of the microbiota protects against obesity - Science Magazine

T cell–mediated regulation of the microbiota protects against obesity  Science Magazine

The gut microbiota is a critical factor regulating mammalian metabolism. The host immune system, in turn, can shape the microbiome, in part via immunoglobulin ...



Indonesia gets tough on foreign scientists - Science Magazine

Indonesia gets tough on foreign scientists  Science Magazine

Indonesia's rich biodiversity and complex geology have lured scientists from abroad for centuries. But a law adopted on 16 July by Indonesia's parliament may ...



Photo: Science is magic - TheReporter.Com

Photo: Science is magic  TheReporter.Com

Don O'Brien of Xtreme Science Magic, center, demonstrates Bernoulli's principle by using a leafblower to make a beach ball levitate into the arams of a young ...



Breeding better bees, and training artificial intelligence on emotional imagery - Science Magazine

Breeding better bees, and training artificial intelligence on emotional imagery  Science Magazine

On this week's show: Using new technology and bee behavior, researchers and beekeepers are working to defeat a mite that has decimated bee colonies ...



Summer Science · Connecticut College News - Connecticut College

Summer Science · Connecticut College News  Connecticut College

Anjum Shaikh '22 knows if you're paying attention. As part of the Connecticut College Summer Science Research Institute, Shaikh spent eight weeks this ...



Breeding better bees, and training artificial intelligence on emotional imagery - Science Magazine

Breeding better bees, and training artificial intelligence on emotional imagery  Science Magazine

On this week's show: Using new technology and bee behavior, researchers and beekeepers are working to defeat a mite that has decimated bee colonies ...



Breeding better bees, and training artificial intelligence on emotional imagery - Science Magazine

Breeding better bees, and training artificial intelligence on emotional imagery  Science Magazine

On this week's show: Using new technology and bee behavior, researchers and beekeepers are working to defeat a mite that has decimated bee colonies ...



Eric Weinstein suggests that science needs more imagination. - Big Think

Eric Weinstein suggests that science needs more imagination.  Big Think

On The Portal, Eric Weinstein says the scientific method strangles ingenuity by fostering groupthink over imagination. He quotes Jim Watson: "In order to make ...



Breeding better bees, and training artificial intelligence on emotional imagery - Science Magazine

Breeding better bees, and training artificial intelligence on emotional imagery  Science Magazine

On this week's show: Using new technology and bee behavior, researchers and beekeepers are working to defeat a mite that has decimated bee colonies ...



Direct observations of submarine melt and subsurface geometry at a tidewater glacier - Science Magazine

Direct observations of submarine melt and subsurface geometry at a tidewater glacier  Science Magazine

How fast does warm ocean water melt glaciers that terminate in the sea? That question is central to understanding how fast ice sheets may lose mass, and thus ...



Dark matter particles won't kill you. If they could, they would have already - Science News

Dark matter particles won't kill you. If they could, they would have already  Science News

The fact that no one seems to have been killed by speeding blobs of dark matter puts limits on how large and deadly these particles can be, a study posted July ...



Eric Weinstein suggests that science needs more imagination. - Big Think

Eric Weinstein suggests that science needs more imagination.  Big Think

On The Portal, Eric Weinstein says the scientific method strangles ingenuity by fostering groupthink over imagination. He quotes Jim Watson: "In order to make ...



Indonesia's strict new biopiracy rules could stifle international research - Science Magazine

Indonesia's strict new biopiracy rules could stifle international research  Science Magazine

Scientists who take samples out of the country illegally face prison time and hefty fines.



Indonesia's strict new biopiracy rules could stifle international research - Science Magazine

Indonesia's strict new biopiracy rules could stifle international research  Science Magazine

Scientists who take samples out of the country illegally face prison time and hefty fines.



New faces in the School of Science faculty - The MIT Tech

New faces in the School of Science faculty  The MIT Tech

This fall, the School of Science will welcome seven new members joining the faculty in the departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, ...



The cells of regeneration - Science Magazine

The cells of regeneration  Science Magazine

The ability to regenerate missing body parts is a prominent feature of many animals. Investigation into the cellular and molecular basis of regeneration using ...



Indonesia's strict new biopiracy rules could stifle international research - Science Magazine

Indonesia's strict new biopiracy rules could stifle international research  Science Magazine

Scientists who take samples out of the country illegally face prison time and hefty fines.



New faces in the School of Science faculty - The MIT Tech

New faces in the School of Science faculty  The MIT Tech

This fall, the School of Science will welcome seven new members joining the faculty in the departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, ...



Droplets of these simple molecules may have helped kick-start life on Earth - Science News

Droplets of these simple molecules may have helped kick-start life on Earth  Science News

Simple molecules called alpha hydroxy acids form cell-sized structures in conditions mimicking early Earth chemistry.



The Anti-Science Brigade Isn't Stopping at Climate Change - Esquire

The Anti-Science Brigade Isn't Stopping at Climate Change  Esquire

Mr. Yeats has been getting a bit of a workout for going on the past three years but, thanks to The New York Times, we discover yet another context for some of ...



The geoengineering of consent: How conspiracists dominate YouTube climate science content - EurekAlert

The geoengineering of consent: How conspiracists dominate YouTube climate science content  EurekAlert

Using YouTube to learn about climate-change-related topics will expose you to video *content* that mostly opposes worldwide scientific consensus. That's the ...



Imperfect science of intensive farming - The Guardian

Imperfect science of intensive farming  The Guardian

Letters: Intensive farming does not represent the best use of our agricultural land, says Sue Pritchard.



Droplets of these simple molecules may have helped kick-start life on Earth - Science News

Droplets of these simple molecules may have helped kick-start life on Earth  Science News

Simple molecules called alpha hydroxy acids form cell-sized structures in conditions mimicking early Earth chemistry.



The geoengineering of consent: How conspiracists dominate YouTube climate science content - Tech Xplore

The geoengineering of consent: How conspiracists dominate YouTube climate science content  Tech Xplore

Using YouTube to learn about climate-change-related topics will expose you to video *content* that mostly opposes worldwide scientific consensus.



Imperfect science of intensive farming - The Guardian

Imperfect science of intensive farming  The Guardian

Letters: Intensive farming does not represent the best use of our agricultural land, says Sue Pritchard.



This embryo-inspired bandage is 17 times stickier than a Band-Aid - Science Magazine

This embryo-inspired bandage is 17 times stickier than a Band-Aid  Science Magazine

Inspired by the superfast wound closing process in human embryos, a new, Jell-O–like wound dressing can contract in response to the skin's heat, drawing the ...



New faces in the School of Science faculty - The MIT Tech

New faces in the School of Science faculty  The MIT Tech

This fall, the School of Science will welcome seven new members joining the faculty in the departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, ...



The geoengineering of consent: How conspiracists dominate YouTube climate science content - Tech Xplore

The geoengineering of consent: How conspiracists dominate YouTube climate science content  Tech Xplore

Using YouTube to learn about climate-change-related topics will expose you to video *content* that mostly opposes worldwide scientific consensus.



This embryo-inspired bandage is 17 times stickier than a Band-Aid - Science Magazine

This embryo-inspired bandage is 17 times stickier than a Band-Aid  Science Magazine

Inspired by the superfast wound closing process in human embryos, a new, Jell-O–like wound dressing can contract in response to the skin's heat, drawing the ...



When Science is Sidelined, Uncertainty Reigns - NC State News

When Science is Sidelined, Uncertainty Reigns  NC State News

Science is fundamental to effective decision-making and public policy. And uncertainty in science does *not* mean we don't know enough to make rational and ...



The geoengineering of consent: How conspiracists dominate YouTube climate science content - Tech Xplore

The geoengineering of consent: How conspiracists dominate YouTube climate science content  Tech Xplore

Using YouTube to learn about climate-change-related topics will expose you to video *content* that mostly opposes worldwide scientific consensus.



The geoengineering of consent: How conspiracists dominate YouTube climate science content - Tech Xplore

The geoengineering of consent: How conspiracists dominate YouTube climate science content  Tech Xplore

Using YouTube to learn about climate-change-related topics will expose you to video *content* that mostly opposes worldwide scientific consensus.



Wednesday, 24 July 2019

Climate scientists drive stake through heart of skeptics' argument - NBC News

Climate scientists drive stake through heart of skeptics' argument  NBC News

Global warming skeptics sometimes say rising temperatures are just another naturally occurring shift in Earth's climate, like the Medieval Warm Period of the ...



Imperfect science of intensive farming - The Guardian

Imperfect science of intensive farming  The Guardian

Letters: Intensive farming does not represent the best use of our agricultural land, says Sue Pritchard.



Is it right to use Nazi research if it can save lives? - BBC News

Is it right to use Nazi research if it can save lives?  BBC News

From the Apollo rockets to new drugs to treat HIV, some scientific advances are obtained in dubious ways. Should we make peace with using their findings?



New faces in the School of Science faculty - The MIT Tech

New faces in the School of Science faculty  The MIT Tech

This fall, the School of Science will welcome seven new members joining the faculty in the departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, ...



New faces in the School of Science faculty - The MIT Tech

New faces in the School of Science faculty  The MIT Tech

This fall, the School of Science will welcome seven new members joining the faculty in the departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, ...



What I Will Say to the House Committee on Natural Resources about Attacks on Science - Union of Concerned Scientists

What I Will Say to the House Committee on Natural Resources about Attacks on Science  Union of Concerned Scientists

I will be testifying tomorrow (Thursday, July 25) before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources concerning attacks on science in the ...



Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Urges Politicians to “Unite Behind the Science” - Patheos

Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Urges Politicians to “Unite Behind the Science”  Patheos

During a speech yesterday in front of the French Parliament, 16-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg urged the politicians to set their differences ...



R-Ladies made data science inclusive - Quartz

R-Ladies made data science inclusive  Quartz

The R programming community credits R-Ladies for increasing the number of women who use the language, as well as making things generally more ...



A Spoonful of Science in Your Surprisingly Powerful Cereal Bowl - Union of Concerned Scientists

A Spoonful of Science in Your Surprisingly Powerful Cereal Bowl  Union of Concerned Scientists

When you think about “farm to table”, what comes to mind? Heirloom tomatoes? Local mixed greens? Farmstead cheese? Whatever it may be, I hope you'll add ...



Tuesday, 23 July 2019

Establishing a science and technology park is no walk in the park - ESCAP News

Establishing a science and technology park is no walk in the park  ESCAP News

The success of Silicon Valley has been inspirational for many countries worldwide wishing to establish science and technology parks. In Asia, successful ...



How Poetry Can Help Communicate Science - Scientific American

How Poetry Can Help Communicate Science  Scientific American

At first glance, poetry might seem to have very little to offer science, other than a few choice compliments or cursory remarks. However, it can be an extremely ...



Establishing a science and technology park is no walk in the park - ESCAP News

Establishing a science and technology park is no walk in the park  ESCAP News

The success of Silicon Valley has been inspirational for many countries worldwide wishing to establish science and technology parks. In Asia, successful ...



Budget Deal Paves Way for Science Spending Boosts - FYI: Science Policy News

Budget Deal Paves Way for Science Spending Boosts  FYI: Science Policy News

The White House and congressional leaders have endorsed budget legislation that would raise the cap on non-defense discretionary spending by 4% for fiscal ...



What Boris Johnson's leadership could mean for science - Nature.com

What Boris Johnson's leadership could mean for science  Nature.com

The next UK prime minister is a controversial character — and his stance on Brexit concerns researchers.



How to tell your adviser you're pursuing a nonacademic career - Science Magazine

How to tell your adviser you're pursuing a nonacademic career  Science Magazine

In this installment of Your Unicorn Career, our columnist offers advice for having “the talk”



Contributing to science through games - Stanford University News

Contributing to science through games  Stanford University News

Stanford University researchers Rhiju Das and Ingmar Riedel-Kruse like to play games. Specifically, they are champions of scientific discovery games – games ...



How to stroke a cat, according to science - Quartz

How to stroke a cat, according to science  Quartz

Many of us will have experienced that super friendly cat who seems to love being stroked one minute, only to bite or swipe at us the next.



July is on track to become Earth's hottest month on record, climate scientists say - NBC News

July is on track to become Earth's hottest month on record, climate scientists say  NBC News

July is on track to become the hottest month in recorded history, climate scientists say, after heat waves blanketed North America and the Arctic saw warmer than ...



Four new faces in the School of Science faculty - The MIT Tech

Four new faces in the School of Science faculty  The MIT Tech

This fall, the School of Science will welcome four new members joining the faculty in the departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and Chemistry.



Contributing to science through games - Stanford University News

Contributing to science through games  Stanford University News

Stanford University researchers Rhiju Das and Ingmar Riedel-Kruse like to play games. Specifically, they are champions of scientific discovery games – games ...



How to stroke a cat, according to science - Quartz

How to stroke a cat, according to science  Quartz

Many of us will have experienced that super friendly cat who seems to love being stroked one minute, only to bite or swipe at us the next.



Trump administration's 'scientific oppression' threatens US safety and innovation - USA TODAY

Trump administration's 'scientific oppression' threatens US safety and innovation  USA TODAY

Every time there is delay, suppression or manipulation of government science, Americans pay the price in their daily lives. Congress must act.



How Poetry Can Help Communicate Science - Scientific American

How Poetry Can Help Communicate Science  Scientific American

At first glance, poetry might seem to have very little to offer science, other than a few choice compliments or cursory remarks. However, it can be an extremely ...



Contributing to science through games - Stanford University News

Contributing to science through games  Stanford University News

Stanford University researchers Rhiju Das and Ingmar Riedel-Kruse like to play games. Specifically, they are champions of scientific discovery games – games ...



How to stroke a cat, according to science - Quartz

How to stroke a cat, according to science  Quartz

Many of us will have experienced that super friendly cat who seems to love being stroked one minute, only to bite or swipe at us the next.



Trump administration's 'scientific oppression' threatens US safety and innovation - USA TODAY

Trump administration's 'scientific oppression' threatens US safety and innovation  USA TODAY

Every time there is delay, suppression or manipulation of government science, Americans pay the price in their daily lives. Congress must act.



How Poetry Can Help Communicate Science - Scientific American

How Poetry Can Help Communicate Science  Scientific American

At first glance, poetry might seem to have very little to offer science, other than a few choice compliments or cursory remarks. However, it can be an extremely ...



Contributing to science through games - Stanford University News

Contributing to science through games  Stanford University News

Stanford University researchers Rhiju Das and Ingmar Riedel-Kruse like to play games. Specifically, they are champions of scientific discovery games – games ...



Schriever children experiment at science camp - Schriever Air Force Base

Schriever children experiment at science camp  Schriever Air Force Base

The Child Development Center hosted its first science camp at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, July 22 to 26, as part of the Air Force Specialty Camps ...



Trump administration's 'scientific oppression' threatens US safety and innovation - USA TODAY

Trump administration's 'scientific oppression' threatens US safety and innovation  USA TODAY

Every time there is delay, suppression or manipulation of government science, Americans pay the price in their daily lives. Congress must act.



How to stroke a cat, according to science - Quartz

How to stroke a cat, according to science  Quartz

Many of us will have experienced that super friendly cat who seems to love being stroked one minute, only to bite or swipe at us the next.



Climate activist Greta Thunberg urges politicians to 'unite behind science' - Sky News

Climate activist Greta Thunberg urges politicians to 'unite behind science'  Sky News

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has urged French lawmakers to "unite behind the science" and act on "climate breakdown".



Budget deal raises hopes for U.S. research agencies - Science Magazine

Budget deal raises hopes for U.S. research agencies  Science Magazine

Two-year agreement would add funds to civilian and defense programs.



Scientists Made Mice Hallucinate Without Drugs In a Trippy Experiment - Mashable India

Scientists Made Mice Hallucinate Without Drugs In a Trippy Experiment  Mashable India

Researchers from the University of Stanford have found another way of causing hallucination with their new experiment on mice that neither involves drugs nor ...



Our Brave New World’s Defiance of Science - Townhall

Our Brave New World’s Defiance of Science  Townhall

For years, the Left has claimed to be the party .07/23/2019 0:07:18AM EST.



Convergence: A Call for More Robust Global Science Collaboration - Eos

Convergence: A Call for More Robust Global Science Collaboration  Eos

With nationalism and scientific disinformation on the rise, the scientific community must work together even more closely.



40 years ago, scientists predicted climate change. And hey, they were right - The Conversation AU

40 years ago, scientists predicted climate change. And hey, they were right  The Conversation AU

Scientists introduced credible climate change to the world in 1979, but it's taken decades for their message to sink in.



Our Brave New World’s Defiance of Science - Townhall

Our Brave New World’s Defiance of Science  Townhall

For years, the Left has claimed to be the party .07/23/2019 0:07:18AM EST.



Scientists Made Mice Hallucinate Without Drugs In a Trippy Experiment - Mashable India

Scientists Made Mice Hallucinate Without Drugs In a Trippy Experiment  Mashable India

Researchers from the University of Stanford have found another way of causing hallucination with their new experiment on mice that neither involves drugs nor ...



Earth Is Littered with Mysterious Space-Cones, and Now We Know Why - Live Science

Earth Is Littered with Mysterious Space-Cones, and Now We Know Why  Live Science

Earth is littered with cones from space, and it's our planet's own fault. Most meteorites found on Earth are just randomly shaped blobs. But a surprisingly high ...



BioForward supports Rural Summer Science Camps - Morgridge Institute for Research

BioForward supports Rural Summer Science Camps  Morgridge Institute for Research

The Rural Summer Science Camp received a boost this year from BioForward, an association representing more than 200 biohealth companies in Wisconsin.



Monday, 22 July 2019

Contributing to science through games - Stanford University News

Contributing to science through games  Stanford University News

Stanford University researchers Rhiju Das and Ingmar Riedel-Kruse like to play games. Specifically, they are champions of scientific discovery games – games ...



While We Celebrated The Moon Landing, We Hit a More Critical Science Anniversary - ScienceAlert

While We Celebrated The Moon Landing, We Hit a More Critical Science Anniversary  ScienceAlert

This month the world has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the Moon. But this week sees another scientific anniversary, ...



Why I livestream my science - Science Magazine

Why I livestream my science  Science Magazine

I arrive at the lab where I work as a postbaccalaureate researcher and, like many scientists starting their days, I open my laptop, check my email, and plan my ...



Russian website reportedly selling science article authorships - Phys.org

Russian website reportedly selling science article authorships  Phys.org

Several websites are reporting that a Russian website is selling authorships for research papers being published in several journals. Sites making such claims ...



Hundreds attend UW-Stout science and technology convention - WQOW TV News 18

Hundreds attend UW-Stout science and technology convention  WQOW TV News 18

Hundreds of students and faculty from across the University of Wisconsin System are heading to UW-Stout for a scientific innovation and research convention.



Of 'Race Science' and Peer Review - Undark Magazine

Of 'Race Science' and Peer Review  Undark Magazine

Two scientific papers in South Africa have raised questions among critics about the quality — and potential biases — of international peer review.



Russian website reportedly selling science article authorships - Phys.org

Russian website reportedly selling science article authorships  Phys.org

Several websites are reporting that a Russian website is selling authorships for research papers being published in several journals. Sites making such claims ...



Laugh tracks boost humor ratings of corny 'dad jokes' - Science Magazine

Laugh tracks boost humor ratings of corny 'dad jokes'  Science Magazine

“Dad jokes” are well known for inducing groans at least as often as laughter. (Case in point: What do you call a bear with no socks on? Barefoot.) However ...



Russian website reportedly selling science article authorships - Phys.Org

Russian website reportedly selling science article authorships  Phys.Org

Several websites are reporting that a Russian website is selling authorships for research papers being published in several journals. Sites making such claims ...



Droplets of these simple molecules may have helped kick-start life on Earth - Science News

Droplets of these simple molecules may have helped kick-start life on Earth  Science News

Simple molecules called alpha hydroxy acids form cell-sized structures in conditions mimicking early Earth chemistry.



Russian website reportedly selling science article authorships - Phys.org

Russian website reportedly selling science article authorships  Phys.org

Several websites are reporting that a Russian website is selling authorships for research papers being published in several journals. Sites making such claims ...



Scientists make fundamental discovery to creating better crops - Science Daily

Scientists make fundamental discovery to creating better crops  Science Daily

Scientists have discovered the specific gene that controls an important symbiotic relationship between plants and soil fungi, and successfully facilitated the ...



How public money for science leads to new medicines - Medical Xpress

How public money for science leads to new medicines  Medical Xpress

Public funding for fundamental research is essential for innovation and the development of new medicines. This is demonstrated by Professor Science Based ...



Russian website reportedly selling science article authorships - Phys.Org

Russian website reportedly selling science article authorships  Phys.Org

Several websites are reporting that a Russian website is selling authorships for research papers being published in several journals. Sites making such claims ...



Scientists make fundamental discovery to creating better crops - Phys.org

Scientists make fundamental discovery to creating better crops  Phys.org

A team of scientists led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered the specific gene that controls an important symbiotic ...



How to stroke a cat, according to science - Phys.Org

How to stroke a cat, according to science  Phys.Org

Many of us will have experienced that super friendly cat who seems to love being stoked one minute, only to bite or swipe at us the next. It might be easy at this ...



EPA: Trump's changes to science might not last - E&E News

EPA: Trump's changes to science might not last  E&E News

The Trump administration's attempt to overhaul the way EPA does science may not have a long shelf life, according to former officials.



CAN COOPERATION IN EDUCATION AND SCIENCE, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, NEW TECHNOLOGIES BE A DRIVER OF POSITIVE CHANGE? - EuroScientist

CAN COOPERATION IN EDUCATION AND SCIENCE, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, NEW TECHNOLOGIES BE A DRIVER OF POSITIVE CHANGE?  EuroScientist

From June 6 to June 8, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2019) was held in the northern capital of Russia. SPIEF-2019 as international ...



Glow-in-the-dark shark species discovered by scientists - The Independent

Glow-in-the-dark shark species discovered by scientists  The Independent

A new species of tiny shark which glows in the dark and squirts luminous liquid has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. It is only the third species of more ...



Scientists finally tag an elusive shark deep underwater - Washington Post

Scientists finally tag an elusive shark deep underwater  Washington Post

Deep-sea sharks are elusive creatures. Many of the seafloor-skimming creatures predate dinosaurs. But the shady lives of the rare sharks are poorly understood ...



Topological molecular nanocarbons: All-benzene catenane and trefoil knot - Science Magazine

Topological molecular nanocarbons: All-benzene catenane and trefoil knot  Science Magazine

Preparing interlocked rings and knots at the molecular scale traditionally relies on preorientation of the building blocks by nitrogen or oxygen substituents.



How public money for science leads to new medicines - Medical Xpress

How public money for science leads to new medicines  Medical Xpress

Public funding for fundamental research is essential for innovation and the development of new medicines. This is demonstrated by Professor Science Based ...



Program makes science and math fun and relevant for Indigenous youth - CBC.ca

Program makes science and math fun and relevant for Indigenous youth  CBC.ca

laying with robots, building volcanoes and breeding paper frogs. Those are just some of the techniques a University of Saskatchewan summer program is using ...



India's first lunar lander is on its way to the moon - Science News

India's first lunar lander is on its way to the moon  Science News

India's Chandrayaan 2 mission just launched, hoping to become the first Indian spacecraft to land on the moon.



Trump administration's 'scientific oppression' threatens US safety and innovation - USA TODAY

Trump administration's 'scientific oppression' threatens US safety and innovation  USA TODAY

Every time there is delay, suppression or manipulation of government science, Americans pay the price in their daily lives. Congress must act.



Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science - Conservation International

Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science  Conservation International

Conservation International's ​Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science applies the best science to solve the most urgent challenges facing humanity.



Duncan native participates in OMRF summer science program - Duncan Banner

Duncan native participates in OMRF summer science program  Duncan Banner

Jared Gregston,a sophomore biology major at the University of Oklahoma, always wanted to understand how the world around him worked but his path into ...



Can cooperation in education and science, research and innovation, new technologies be a driver of positive change? - EuroScientist

Can cooperation in education and science, research and innovation, new technologies be a driver of positive change?  EuroScientist

For the first time, a session on cooperation with Europe, organized with the assistance of the Association of European Businesses: “Russian-European Relations ...



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A bone that aids chewing may have helped start the Age of Mammals - Science News

A bone that aids chewing may have helped start the Age of Mammals  Science News

A flexible bone that helps with chewing may have helped give rise to the Age of Mammals, a new fossil shows.



Lunar Mysteries That Science Still Needs to Solve - WIRED

Lunar Mysteries That Science Still Needs to Solve  WIRED

What scientists most want to know about our closest planetary neighbor.



Mystery surrounds ouster of Chinese researchers from Canadian laboratory - Science Magazine

Mystery surrounds ouster of Chinese researchers from Canadian laboratory  Science Magazine

Canadian researchers are reacting with puzzlement to the news that a “policy breach” has caused the nation's only high-containment disease laboratory to bar a ...



Science history: taking chocolate to the masses - Cosmos

Science history: taking chocolate to the masses  Cosmos

In 1785, Thomas Jefferson, who in 1801 would become the third president of the United States of America, wrote a letter to John Adams, who in 1797 would ...



Sharing science – for the good of all - Big Ideas - ABC News

Sharing science – for the good of all - Big Ideas  ABC News

A scientific career is bases on getting published in peer reviewed academic journals. But this pressure increases the risk for scientists to employ flexible analytic ...



Shooting for the Moon - Science Magazine

Shooting for the Moon  Science Magazine

Fifty years ago, on 20 July 1969, the first humans landed on the surface of another world, when the Apollo 11 lunar module touched down on the Moon.