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AI transformation in the legal sector begins in law schools
The legal profession accounts for approximately 20 million jobs worldwide, including 12 million lawyers, around 4 million paralegals, and 4 million operational and administrative workers. Additionally, it involves another ...
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Academic publishing is a multibillion-dollar industry. It's not always good for science
In December 2024, the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution resigned en masse following disagreements with the journal's publisher, Elsevier. The board's grievances included claims of inadequate copyediting, misuse ...
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Peer review is meant to prevent scientific misconduct: But it has its own problems
In 2023, an academic journal, the Annals of Operations Research, retracted an entire special issue because the peer review process for it was compromised.
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Mar 22, 2025
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Saturday Citations: The universe doesn't care about your precious standard model
This week, ALMA researchers reported the discovery of oxygen in the most distant known galaxy. Geologists believe unusual structures in rock in the desert regions of Namibia, Oman and Saudia Arabia may be evidence of an unknown ...
AI-driven interviews with children may boost accuracy in witness accounts
In a first-of-its-kind study published in the journal PLOS ONE, an international team of researchers led by scholars from New York University Shanghai and Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland has explored the potential ...
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Mar 20, 2025
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The hidden anatomy of The Kiss: Klimt's red disks through a medical and artistic lens
Professor Im Joo Rhyu, director of the Korea University Graduate Program for Convergence & Translational Biomedicine and faculty member in the Department of Anatomy, led a study investigating the medical and artistic significance ...
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Mar 20, 2025
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Trump administration moves to fire hundreds of government scientists
The Trump administration plans to lay off hundreds of scientists and researchers from the U.S. federal government as part of drastic cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), lawmakers warned Tuesday.
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Mar 18, 2025
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Scientific misconduct is on the rise. But what exactly is it?
German anesthesiologist Joachim Boldt has an unfortunate claim to fame. According to Retraction Watch, a public database of research retractions, he is the most retracted scientist of all time. To date, 220 of his roughly ...
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Mar 18, 2025
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Fear at isolated Antarctica base as a man is accused of attacking a colleague and making threats
A member of a South African research team that is confined for more than a year at an isolated Antarctica base was put under psychological evaluation there after he allegedly assaulted and sexually harassed colleagues, government ...
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Mar 18, 2025
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Young scientists see career pathways vanish as schools adapt to federal funding cuts
As an infant, Connor Phillips was born three months premature with cerebral palsy. The science that saved his life was the inspiration that led to his role studying brain processes as a research fellow at the National Institute ...
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Mar 16, 2025
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Saturday Citations: A baffling discovery from Webb; the face of an early human; humans and dogs like to chill together
This week, we reported on the difficulty humans experience trying to read their dogs' emotions. Researchers reported that male blue-lined octopuses paralyze females before mating with them to avoid being eaten. And physicists ...
New survey explores what people in South Africa expect of publicly visible scientists
Whether it's an astronomical discovery, news of a previously undiscovered disease or a major report about climate change, science is often making headlines.
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Mar 12, 2025
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Revealing hidden Alfred Tennyson text using innovative imaging techniques
A new project led by Dr. Michael J Sullivan of the University of Oxford's English Faculty has recovered never-before-seen text by Alfred Tennyson using a combination of imaging techniques to remove crossings out, marks and ...
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Mar 12, 2025
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Criminology scholar connects Cambodian temple trafficking to white-collar crime
Professor Simon Mackenzie from the School of Social and Cultural Studies recently published a paper in Crime, Law and Social Change about the dynamics of transnational crime and illegal global markets, exploring the movement ...
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Mar 12, 2025
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What's so special about Ukraine's minerals? A geologist explains
Ukraine's minerals have become central to global geopolitics, with the US president, Donald Trump, seeking a deal with Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky to access them. But what are these minerals exactly and why are ...
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Mar 11, 2025
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DEI initiatives removed from federal agencies that fund science, but scientific research continues
As soon as President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2025, he signed an executive order titled "Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing." This order called for the termination of all diversity, ...
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Mar 10, 2025
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US biochemist researching treatment of HIV and coronaviruses wins Israel's Wolf Prize
An American biochemist whose research has helped scientists make inroads into treating coronavirus and HIV has won this year's Wolf Prize, a prestigious Israeli award in the arts and sciences.
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Mar 10, 2025
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French research groups urged to welcome scientists fleeing US
French officials are urging their country's research institutions to consider welcoming scientists abandoning the United States due to President Donald Trump's funding cuts, AFP learned on Sunday.
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Mar 9, 2025
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Saturday Citations: A supermassive black hole in the LMC; ozone layer recovery; abstract memory in humans
This week, based on a genetic study, researchers issued a recommendation that bison in Yellowstone National Park should be treated as one large, interbreeding herd. Physicists proposed a new framework that derives gravity ...
Scientists rally in US cities to protest Trump cuts
Scientists rallied in cities across the United States on Friday to denounce efforts by the administration of US President Donald Trump to eliminate key staff across multiple agencies and curb life-saving research.
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Mar 8, 2025
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