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Saturday Citations: Blue zone longevity; soft tissue find predates dinosaurs; black hole collisions simplified
This week, researchers reported finding nanoplastics in Antarctic soils for the first time, suggesting they were delivered via long-range atmospheric transport. A study associates the use of hormonal birth control with the ...
More than half of Atlanta's restrooms inaccessible to the public, study finds
More than half of publicly accessible restrooms in key areas of Atlanta are unavailable to the public, according to a new study by researchers at the Georgia State University School of Public Health. The consequences of inadequate ...
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Jul 7, 2026
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Saturday Citations: Predicting earthquakes; two types of water; observing event horizons
Howdy, pards, here's a quick roundup of the week's science news: Moose, previously thought to be a transplanted species, are actually native to Colorado. A digital twin of a two-year-old child's brain revealed neural signatures ...
How to create the perfect wing shot in handball
Dare to jump up close to the defender, aim for a long jump distance, and use your time in the air to read the game. These are some of the keys to the perfect wing shot in handball, according to a bachelor's thesis from Chalmers ...
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Jun 25, 2026
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Saturday Citations: Intermittent fasting and chronic stress; macroscopic entanglement; gamma-ray bursts
Researchers reported this week a deadly outbreak of plague in Siberia 5,500 years ago, revealing that Yersinia pestis evolved lethal genetic traits far earlier than suspected. A drug developed for heart tissue repair may ...
A new explanation for the mystery death of Botticelli's Birth of Venus model, Simonetta Vespucci
A paper on new research into the cause of death of Simonetta Vespucci, model for the world-renowned Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, has been published by researchers at Queen Mary University of London, Universita Campus ...
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Jun 16, 2026
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Dan David Prize awards 9 scholars $300,000 each for research on the human past
The Dan David Prize will award nine historians and archaeologists with $300,000 to recognize their work and support future research, the foundation announced Tuesday.
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Jun 16, 2026
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Saturday Citations: JAXA collaboration with toy company TOMY; a new brain-computer interface; IBD solved
This week's notable citations: Astronomers believe collapsing stars could spawn mini universes. Chimpanzees do not like unfairness. And a single dose of psilocybin temporarily restored function in an 80-year-old with Alzheimer's ...
Supercomputer predicts 2026 World Cup results
A model built by researchers from the University of Liverpool's Management School predicts an England-Spain FIFA World Cup 2026 final, with Spain the favorite to lift the trophy—a repeat of recent major tournament history. ...
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Jun 12, 2026
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First leather bag made from T-Rex cells fails to sell at Paris auction
A leather bag made from Tyrannosaurus rex cells failed to sell Thursday, the Paris auction house Drouot said, commenting that bids were well below expectations.
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Jun 11, 2026
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People have an inherent preference for counterclockwise motion, study reveals
Researchers in Spain and Japan tested a broad range of pedestrians in varying group sizes to see whether there were any patterns in their turning behaviors, and what factors influenced them, if any. It turns out that the ...
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Jun 10, 2026
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Saturday Citations: Greenland sharks; quantum weirdness; people are mostly pretty chill
This week, researchers reported that GLP-1 medications may influence the biology of aging. Hidden meltwater in deep Antarctic coastal waters has a strong climate impact. And a novel prostate cancer treatment reduced risk ...
The World Cup pitches are the result of years of engineering to find just the right grass
The World Cup pitches cover so much ground they'll be hard to ignore. The crews that put them there would prefer if fans didn't notice them at all.
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Jun 6, 2026
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What network science can tell us about the 2026 World Cup
Team Australia kicked it long from the goalkeeper. Switzerland took a slower approach and preferred short passes over long drives. Spain, on the other hand, tended to string the ball with sharp, sideways passes across the ...
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Jun 4, 2026
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Understanding how things connect helps people invent, 1,200-player experiment suggests
Our capacity for innovation, rather than being the work of random variation, is based on an intrinsic understanding of how the world works, claim Karolinska Institutet and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam researchers in a new ...
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Jun 1, 2026
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Saturday Citations: Failure to launch; cellular mortality; heavy weather
Highlights from the last week of May, 2026: A key climate tipping point is disrupting the Arctic Ocean food chain (more of a lowlight, I guess). Scuba-diving tourism may not be the benefit to coral reef systems that we once ...
New 'AI scientists' are improving—but reveal their fundamental limits
Many of the most exciting discoveries in science involve highly specialized knowledge and making connections between far-flung facts. Scientists must combine deep analysis with broad reasoning strategies.
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May 24, 2026
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Saturday citations: Two T. rexes and new exercise guidance that scientists are not calling 'easy'
John Hammond voice: "Welcome... to Saturday Citations." We're talking about different types of T. rexes today, along with some unwelcome news about cardiovascular health, but this week also brought news about the connection ...
What do the Commonwealth Writers Prize AI allegations mean for prizes—and short stories?
Another day, another literary scandal involving AI. It has been alleged that the judges of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize have been duped by an author using AI in his winning entry. Jamir Nazir's The Serpent in the Grove, ...
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May 22, 2026
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We asked US researchers how the Trump administration's science policies have affected them
The American academic research engine has long been the envy of the world. Generally well-funded, labs in the United States have been able to attract the best minds who generate breakthroughs and train the next generation ...
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May 19, 2026
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