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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... Read more -
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... Read more -
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... Read more -
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... Read more -
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... Read more -
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... Read more -
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,... Read more -
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... Read more -
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,... Read more -
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... Read more -
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... Read more -
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... Read more -
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... Read more -
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.... Read more -
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... Read more
