South Africa's Lee Berger, palaeontology action hero
Donning Indiana Jones hats and astronaut-like suits, Lee Berger is something of a paleontology action hero.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jun 5, 2023
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Baby boys more chatty than girls, according to large study
Baby boys babble more than girls, according to a scientific paper out Wednesday that upends a common belief that females hold a language advantage over males early on in life.
Social Sciences
May 31, 2023
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Unsound climate studies sneak into print: scientists
Misleading studies sowing doubt about climate change are getting into peer-reviewed journals, scientists warn, citing recent papers linked to a lawsuit in Germany whose authors denied conflicts of interest.
Environment
Apr 14, 2023
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Opinion: Racist and sexist depictions of human evolution still permeate science, education and popular culture today
Systemic racism and sexism have permeated civilization since the rise of agriculture, when people started living in one place for a long time. Early Western scientists, such as Aristotle in ancient Greece, were indoctrinated ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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The death of open access mega-journals?
The entire scientific publishing world is currently undergoing a massive stress test of quantity vs. quality, open access (free) vs. institutional subscriptions (paywall), and how to best judge the integrity of a publication.
Endangered vulture returns to Bulgaria after being extinct for 36 years
The Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)—also known as Black Vulture, Monk Vulture or Eurasian Black Vulture—is the largest bird of prey in Europe.
Ecology
Mar 22, 2023
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ChatGPT is confronting, but humans have always adapted to new technology—ask the Mesopotamians, who invented writing
Adapting to technological advances is a defining part of 21st-century life. But it's not unique to us: it's been part of the human story since our earliest written records—even featuring in the plotlines of ancient myths ...
Other
Feb 13, 2023
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China now publishes more high-quality science than any other nation. Should the US be worried?
By at least one measure, China now leads the world in producing high-quality science. My research shows that Chinese scholars now publish a larger fraction of the top 1% most cited scientific papers globally than scientists ...
Education
Jan 11, 2023
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Rate of scientific breakthroughs slowing over time: Study
The rate of ground-breaking scientific discoveries and technological innovation is slowing down despite an ever-growing amount of knowledge, according to an analysis released Wednesday of millions of research papers and patents.
Social Sciences
Jan 4, 2023
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Study shows prestigious institutions produce more published manuscripts because they have a bigger labor pool
A quartet of researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder, has found that the reason more prestigious universities are able to publish more scientific papers than lesser institutions is that they have a larger pool ...
