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Saturday Citations: Beyond general relativity; gas giants and dark energy; the pleasures of difficult hobbies
This week, researchers pinned down the age of a complete Homo-genus skull found in Greece in 1960 to at least... Read more -
How bad science is becoming big business
Researchers are dealing with a disturbing trend that threatens the foundation of scientific progress: scientific fraud has become an industry.... Read more -
Saturday Citations: A new category of supernovas; neurons beat machine learning; depression and vitiligo
Based on simulations, researchers report that the next big earthquake along the San Andreas fault is unlikely to resemble previous... Read more -
Study pits super-recognizers against digitally manipulated face images
Some people never forget a face. This is an ability police forces around the world find very useful. It now... Read more -
Remains of British researcher lost in 1959 recovered from Antarctic glacier
The remains of an Antarctic researcher have been discovered by a Polish team among rocks exposed by a receding glacier... Read more -
Saturday Citations: Video games and brain activity; a triple black hole system; neutralizing Skynet
It's August, which means Hot Science Summer is two-thirds over. This week, NASA released an exceptionally pretty photo of Mars,... Read more -
The super sleuths trying to stop shoddy science
On 2 January 2024, Sholto David dropped a blog post on the website For Better Science that would send ripples... Read more -
Saturday Citations: Chatbots chat about suicide; ancient concrete recipes; depression and brain morphology
This week, researchers at the University of Albany reported an extreme size difference between early human males and females, suggesting... Read more -
In Darwin's wake: Two-year global conservation voyage sparks hope
After a two-year around-the-world ocean voyage inspired by Charles Darwin, scientists and crew sailed home on a historic vessel into... Read more -
Computational musicology: Tracking the changing sound of bands
Coldplay, Radiohead or R.E.M.—which band has changed their music the most over the years? Professor Nick Collins from Durham University... Read more -
The psychological burden of statistical significance in academic publishing
A new paper published in European Science Editing highlights the growing psychological strain on researchers driven by pressure to obtain... Read more -
Myth versus memory—Nessie spotters are not influenced by media depictions
New research from the University of St Andrews has shown that those who claim to see the Loch Ness Monster... Read more -
Among loud noise, a brassy and bright voice can help speakers be understood, study finds
Twangy voices are a hallmark of country music and many regional accents. However, this speech type, often described as "brassy"... Read more -
Why are scientists dressing pigs in clothes and burying them in Mexico?
First the scientists dress dead swine in clothes, then they dispose of the carcasses. Some they wrap in packing tape,... Read more -
Saturday Citations: Hot, hot gold; mechanisms of face recognition; first pathway of gut-brain communication
It's Saturday! Let's review the last seven days of research findings: In a kind of logistics/transport breakthrough, archaeologists in Wales... Read more
