Avalanche of published academic articles could erode trust in science
A rapid rise in the number of academic articles being published could undermine public trust in science, warns an international study posted to the arXiv preprint server.
A rapid rise in the number of academic articles being published could undermine public trust in science, warns an international study posted to the arXiv preprint server.
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Nov 6, 2023
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While racial disparities in education have narrowed in the U.S., African American individuals from well-educated backgrounds still find it especially difficult to attain the same high level of education as their parents. ...
Social Sciences
Nov 6, 2023
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Researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with paleontologists from Spain and Poland, have used fossil evidence to engineer a soft robotic replica of pleurocystitid, ...
Biotechnology
Nov 6, 2023
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A new mathematical model predicts that mammalian sperm cells have two distinct swimming modes. This prediction opens new questions about potential connections between sperm cells' motor activity and their transitions to hyperactivation ...
General Physics
Nov 6, 2023
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Technicians at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have completed a major portion of a weld confidence article for the advanced upper stage of NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The hardware was rotated ...
Space Exploration
Nov 6, 2023
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A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences underscores the pivotal role that seasonal Antarctic sea ice plays in the annual molting periods of Adélie penguins.
Plants & Animals
Nov 6, 2023
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Information transfer in free space using ultraviolet, visible, or infrared waves has been gaining interest because of the availability of large bandwidth for high-data-rate communication. However, the presence of opaque occlusions ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 6, 2023
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Children's reading skills have been declining for some time now. Apart from the known fact that boys' reading skills are worse than girls', it is also common knowledge that they are less motivated when it comes to reading. ...
Education
Nov 6, 2023
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A recent study from the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) examined the size of carbon stocks in heath forests and their distribution into different compartments of the forest ecosystem both above and below the ground ...
Ecology
Nov 6, 2023
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It's a sobering statement that stars like the sun, more accurately all stars will die eventually—yes, even the sun. Don't panic, though, we still have a good few billion years to go so you will get to the end of this article. ...
Astronomy
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