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AI transformation in the legal sector begins in law schools
The legal profession accounts for approximately 20 million jobs worldwide, including 12 million lawyers, around 4 million paralegals, and 4... Read more -
Academic publishing is a multibillion-dollar industry. It's not always good for science
In December 2024, the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution resigned en masse following disagreements with the journal's... Read more -
Peer review is meant to prevent scientific misconduct: But it has its own problems
In 2023, an academic journal, the Annals of Operations Research, retracted an entire special issue because the peer review process... Read more -
Saturday Citations: The universe doesn't care about your precious standard model
This week, ALMA researchers reported the discovery of oxygen in the most distant known galaxy. Geologists believe unusual structures in... Read more -
AI-driven interviews with children may boost accuracy in witness accounts
In a first-of-its-kind study published in the journal PLOS ONE, an international team of researchers led by scholars from New... Read more -
The hidden anatomy of The Kiss: Klimt's red disks through a medical and artistic lens
Professor Im Joo Rhyu, director of the Korea University Graduate Program for Convergence & Translational Biomedicine and faculty member in... Read more -
Trump administration moves to fire hundreds of government scientists
The Trump administration plans to lay off hundreds of scientists and researchers from the U.S. federal government as part of... Read more -
Scientific misconduct is on the rise. But what exactly is it?
German anesthesiologist Joachim Boldt has an unfortunate claim to fame. According to Retraction Watch, a public database of research retractions,... Read more -
Fear at isolated Antarctica base as a man is accused of attacking a colleague and making threats
A member of a South African research team that is confined for more than a year at an isolated Antarctica... Read more -
Young scientists see career pathways vanish as schools adapt to federal funding cuts
As an infant, Connor Phillips was born three months premature with cerebral palsy. The science that saved his life was... Read more -
Saturday Citations: A baffling discovery from Webb; the face of an early human; humans and dogs like to chill together
This week, we reported on the difficulty humans experience trying to read their dogs' emotions. Researchers reported that male blue-lined... Read more -
New survey explores what people in South Africa expect of publicly visible scientists
Whether it's an astronomical discovery, news of a previously undiscovered disease or a major report about climate change, science is... Read more -
Revealing hidden Alfred Tennyson text using innovative imaging techniques
A new project led by Dr. Michael J Sullivan of the University of Oxford's English Faculty has recovered never-before-seen text... Read more -
Criminology scholar connects Cambodian temple trafficking to white-collar crime
Professor Simon Mackenzie from the School of Social and Cultural Studies recently published a paper in Crime, Law and Social... Read more -
What's so special about Ukraine's minerals? A geologist explains
Ukraine's minerals have become central to global geopolitics, with the US president, Donald Trump, seeking a deal with Ukraine's president... Read more
