Are conferences worth time and money?
Every year, hundreds of thousands of scientists spend tens of billions of dollars to organize and attend conferences.
Mathematics
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Still searching for Planet 9
The solar system has eight planets. In 2006, astronomers reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet, the same class that contains Eris, Sedna, Quaoar, Ceres and perhaps many more solar system small bodies. These are defined approximately ...
Astronomy
Mar 14, 2022
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Use of pictures and emojis can signal less power and authority
If you wish to signal power to your colleagues, your boss, or your subordinates, you should consider reducing your use of pictures and emojis in favor of words—these are the conclusions of a new study at Tel Aviv University's ...
Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2022
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Tiny star unleashes gargantuan beam of matter, anti-matter
Astronomers have imaged a beam of matter and antimatter that is 40 trillion miles long with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The record-breaking beam is powered by a pulsar, a rapidly rotating collapsed star with a strong ...
Astronomy
Mar 14, 2022
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How an ER simulation helps medical and engineering students see new points of view
Some medical students in Canada are collaborating in a virtual class with design engineering students in Italy. Their mutual goals are to enhance their preparedness and insights regarding their respective real-world professional ...
Education
Mar 14, 2022
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New technique may streamline the interpretation of genomes from less-studied animals
A new Cornell study, published in Nature Genetics, sheds light on a controversial debate in epigenetics—the set of molecular changes occurring on top of the genome that regulate how genes are turned on and off, but without ...
Biotechnology
Mar 14, 2022
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Researchers ID sex pheromone of invasive giant hornet
The world's largest hornet has been the focus of extensive news coverage of late due to its menacing appearance and expanding footprint in North America.
Ecology
Mar 14, 2022
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The serious, sustainable (and sometimes celebratory) indigenous fishing methods of Polynesia
Jennifer Kahn was doing archaeological work on the Polynesian island of Maupiti when she and her students were drafted into a fishing crew.
Archaeology
Mar 14, 2022
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A new model of pathogen transmission in developing urban landscapes
Scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the University of Liverpool, the University of Edinburgh and elsewhere have traced how diverse strains of a common pathogenic bacteria spread in Nairobi, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 14, 2022
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Winter storm brings gusting winds and snow, making for 'extremely dangerous' travel
A massive winter storm is bringing gusting winds to much of the eastern U.S. this weekend and is expected to dump a foot snow in some areas of the northeast as it brings freezing temperatures to the southeast.
Environment
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