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From peasant fodder to posh fare: How snails and oysters became luxury foods
Oysters and escargot are recognized as luxury foods around the world—but they were once valued by the lower classes as... Read more -
Saturday Citations: Protoplanetary cornucopia; trees abound; the importance of diversity in corporate boards
This week, paleontologists reported finding new details in an Archaeopteryx fossil via CT scanning and UV light exposure. NASA engineers... Read more -
Rare blue diamond fetches $21.5 mn at auction in Geneva
An exceptionally rare blue diamond went under the hammer in Geneva late Tuesday, selling for $21.5 million, Sotheby's auction house... Read more -
Breathtaking images show what working as a scientist can look like
A scientist braving crashing waves to track whales in a northern Norwegian fjord tops a list of winners of Nature's... Read more -
'CoVox': A matched vocal dataset for comparing singing and speech styles
The human voice is as diverse and individual as a fingerprint and can provide information about emotions, age, or health.... Read more -
Saturday Citations: AI predicts cancer survival outcomes; Hubble spots a wandering black hole
This week, physicists at CERN reported the transmutation of lead into gold in the Large Hadron Collider, raising the possibility... Read more -
Virtual reality study reveals how burglars weigh risk and reward in response to environmental features
Criminology studies have posited theories based on the assumption that environmental features (e.g., street lighting, housing design) shape offenders' perceptions... Read more
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Chinese research isn't taken as seriously as papers from elsewhere, researchers find
My new research suggests there is a stubborn pattern in academic publishing. My co-author and I examined some 8,000 articles... Read more -
France, EU leaders take aim at Trump in bid to lure US scientists
French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen took aim at Donald Trump's policies on science... Read more -
Saturday Citations: Cancer precursor cell identified; Webb spots more old galaxies
This week, archaeologists identified depictions of the Milky Way galaxy in ancient Egyptian imagery. A mathematician found a new way... Read more -
French research center seeks to lure US-based scientists
France's flagship scientific research center CNRS has launched a new initiative, in an apparent effort to lure US scientists hit... Read more -
Some 'Star Wars' stories have already become reality
Just 48 short years ago, movie director George Lucas used the phrase "A long time ago in a galaxy far,... Read more -
Study finds engagement journalism training reduced 'horse race' political coverage, boosted more substantive content
News outlets across the country have been making efforts to engage more deeply with their communities and enhance transparency in... Read more -
Investigators are increasingly using technology in conflict-related sexual assault cases
In the last two weeks of February, humanitarian agencies reported 895 cases of conflict-related rape as M23 rebels advanced through... Read more -
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... Read more
