Pentagon to set up new unit to investigate UFOs
The Pentagon said Friday it was setting up a new task force under the US Navy to investigate UFO sightings.
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WTF, when will scientists learn to use fewer acronyms?
Have you heard of DNA? It stands for Do Not Abbreviate apparently. Jokes aside, it's the most widely used acronym in scientific literature in the past 70 years, appearing more than 2.4 million times.
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Aug 14, 2020
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Lessons from two pan-African giants on how to achieve genuine nuclear disarmament
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US in 1945, the only time in history that nuclear bombs have been used.
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Aug 06, 2020
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Beirut explosion: the disaster was exceptional but events leading up to it were not, say researchers
At the time of writing at least 100 people have lost their lives and a further 4,000 have been wounded following an explosion in the Port of Beirut. While the actual cause remains uncertain, the tragedy calls to attention ...
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Aug 06, 2020
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Will COVID-19 mark the end of scientific publishing as we know it?
Randy Schekman is getting a bit tired of talking about this.
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Aug 04, 2020
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If our reality is a video game, does that solve the problem of evil?
Pandemics and natural disasters cause pain and suffering to millions worldwide and can challenge the very foundations of human belief systems. They can be particularly challenging for those who believe in an all-knowing and ...
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Jul 30, 2020
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Nobel prize-winning work is concentrated in minority of scientific fields
From 1995 to 2017, work that was awarded a Nobel Prize in Medicine, Physics, or Chemistry clustered in just a few scientific disciplines. John Ioannidis of Stanford University and colleagues present these findings in the ...
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Jul 29, 2020
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How COVID-19 worsens hunger in India, the world's largest food basket
India is one of the world's largest food producers. Ironically, the country is also home to the largest population of hungry people and one-third of the world's malnourished children. The Global Hunger Index ranks India 102nd ...
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Jul 29, 2020
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Science publishing has opened up during the coronavirus pandemic. It won't be easy to keep it that way
Scientific publishing is not known for moving rapidly. In normal times, publishing new research can take months, if not years. Researchers prepare a first version of a paper on new findings and submit it to a journal, where ...
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Jul 28, 2020
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Nobel Prize banquet cancelled over coronavirus: Nobel Foundation
The Nobel Foundation, which manages the Nobel Prizes, on Tuesday cancelled its traditional December banquet due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though the award ceremonies will still be held in "new forms".
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Jul 21, 2020
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How NBA is using technology to help with health and safety protocols inside Orlando bubble
Once the alarm goes off and they remove the crud from their eyes, most people here will instinctively grab their phone.
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Jul 16, 2020
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Principles to enhance research integrity and avoid 'publish or perish' in academia
Amid growing criticism of the traditional "publish or perish" system for rewarding academic research, an international team has developed five principles that institutions can follow to measure and reward research integrity. ...
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Jul 16, 2020
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World population in 2100 could be 2 billion below UN projections
Earth will be home to 8.8 billion souls in 2100, two billion fewer than current UN projections, according to a major study published Wednesday that foresees new global power alignments shaped by declining fertility rates ...
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Jul 15, 2020
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COVID-19 forced us to move a conference from a Greek island to the web, and quickly. Here's what we learned
In May this year, we were convening a dream conference: 140 like-minded academics on a Greek island for three-and-a-half days to work on a topic we cared about—organizing sustainably.
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Jul 08, 2020
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Forbidden herbs? The effects of cannabis were a controversial topic 250 years ago
Should cannabis be legalized for medicinal purposes or will it remain an illegal drug? This has been discussed in many countries for years—and has been a point of contention for much longer than expected: Already in Mexico ...
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Jul 07, 2020
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Level of media coverage for scientific research linked to number of citations
An analysis of over 800 academic research papers on physical health and exercise suggests that the level of popular media coverage for a given paper is strongly linked to the attention it receives within the scientific community. ...
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Jul 01, 2020
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Science needs to look inward to move forward
About a year after she was appointed to a senior editorial role at an academic journal, psychology researcher Professor Simine Vazire was admonished for upsetting eminent researchers by "desk rejecting" their papers.
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Jun 30, 2020
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Advancing investigations of crime-related deaths in water
Australian first research conducted at Murdoch University is advancing the understanding of forensic investigations into crime-related deaths that have occurred in water bodies.
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Jun 25, 2020
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Consumers can distinguish between bitter tastes in beer—doesn't alter liking
Although most beer consumers can distinguish between different bitter tastes in beer, this does not appear to influence which beer they like. It seems they just like beer, regardless of the source of the bitterness.
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Jun 25, 2020
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When COVID-19 quarantines ancestral Andean rituals
In Cusco, the old capital of the Inca Empire located in the Peruvian Andes, June is a month of celebration. Although Catholicism is the majority religion in Peru, indigenous and other communities have continued holding Inca ...
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Jun 24, 2020
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