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Saturday Citations: Is the universe a computational process? Plus: Psychological benefits of gaming
This week, researchers uncovered the negative pressure mechanisms plants use to communicate stress. Linguists found that the melody of spoken language in English functions as its own, distinct language. And there was also ...
Scientists sound alarm as Trump reshapes US research landscape
From cancer cures to climate change, President Donald Trump's administration has upended the American research landscape, threatening the United States' standing as a global science leader and sowing fear over jobs and funding.
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Apr 23, 2025
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How a 19th-century treaty shaped the modern world's measurements
On May 20, 1875, delegates from a group of 17 countries gathered in Paris to sign what may be the most overlooked yet globally influential treaty in history: the Metre Convention.
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Apr 21, 2025
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Saturday Citations: An exoplanetary biosignature; the diplomacy of body odor; personalities of bees
This week, the Curiosity rover found large carbon deposits on Mars, suggesting an ancient carbon cycle. Researchers exploring the domestication of cats believe they may have originally pounced out of Tunisia. And researchers ...
First US 'refugee scientists' to arrive in France in weeks: university
The first researchers fleeing US spending cuts imposed by President Donald Trump will start work at a French university in June, officials said Thursday.
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Apr 18, 2025
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Scottish rowing brothers aim for record-breaking Pacific crossing
Three Scottish brothers have embarked on a mammoth journey from Peru hoping to set a record time for rowing across the Pacific Ocean.
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Apr 13, 2025
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Saturday Citations: Huge eruptions from a black hole; the largest-ever functional brain map; origins of human musicality
This week, researchers reported a brain circuit linked to the intensity of political behavior. Microbiologists found that the 2018 eruption of the Kīlauea volcano drove a rare, massive summertime phytoplankton bloom, the ...
Walking on two legs may explain human musicality and language, argues research
The fact that humans walk on two legs is likely the reason we have developed our rhythmic, musical, and linguistic abilities, suggests new research by physician and researcher Matz Larsson.
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Apr 10, 2025
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Saturday Citations: Leaky continental plates, talking monkeys and a spectacular Einstein ring
This week, researchers reported on nine rivers and lakes in the Americas that defy hydrologic expectations. Geologists report that Earth's first crust probably had chemical features similar to today's continental crust. And ...
Australia and New Zealand are plagued by 'tall poppy syndrome'—but would a cure be worse than the disease?
The original tall poppies bloomed in the garden of Tarquin the Proud, last king of Rome. To communicate that his enemies should be defeated by killing their leaders, he is said to have decapitated the tallest flowers with ...
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Apr 3, 2025
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Statisticians estimate the number of unattributed paintings of Amedeo Modigliani
In a novel use of statistics, researchers estimate the number of unattributed paintings, known as "sleepers," by the famous 20th-century Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani to be at between 20 and 120.
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Apr 2, 2025
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Free open-access needs to be the norm for Canadian research
Public access to research generates new ideas, informs policy decisions and fuels innovation and technological development. Open access to knowledge helps address social issues, enhance democracy and reduce inequality.
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Apr 1, 2025
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How the open science movement tackles scientific misconduct
In December 2001, a small but lively meeting in Budapest, Hungary, launched a whole new international movement. The resulting Budapest Open Access Initiative opened with the words: "An old tradition and a new technology have ...
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Mar 31, 2025
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Reliable science takes time. But the current system rewards speed
Lately, there have been many headlines about scientific fraud and journal article retractions. If this trend continues, it represents a serious threat to public trust in science.
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Mar 30, 2025
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Saturday Citations: When the universe was young and cute. Plus: Southern Ocean cooling trend explained
One of the strangest facts in computer science is that it's really hard to generate true random numbers. For a computer, anyway. I can do it just fine: 173, 401, 530. That's right off the top of my head, true randomness. ...
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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Mar 25, 2025
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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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Mar 25, 2025
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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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