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Scottish rowing brothers aim for record-breaking Pacific crossing
Three Scottish brothers have embarked on a mammoth journey from Peru hoping to set a record time for rowing across... Read more -
Saturday Citations: Huge eruptions from a black hole; the largest-ever functional brain map; origins of human musicality
This week, researchers reported a brain circuit linked to the intensity of political behavior. Microbiologists found that the 2018 eruption... Read more -
Walking on two legs may explain human musicality and language, argues research
The fact that humans walk on two legs is likely the reason we have developed our rhythmic, musical, and linguistic... Read more -
Saturday Citations: Leaky continental plates, talking monkeys and a spectacular Einstein ring
This week, researchers reported on nine rivers and lakes in the Americas that defy hydrologic expectations. Geologists report that Earth's... Read more -
Australia and New Zealand are plagued by 'tall poppy syndrome'—but would a cure be worse than the disease?
The original tall poppies bloomed in the garden of Tarquin the Proud, last king of Rome. To communicate that his... Read more -
Statisticians estimate the number of unattributed paintings of Amedeo Modigliani
In a novel use of statistics, researchers estimate the number of unattributed paintings, known as "sleepers," by the famous 20th-century... Read more -
Free open-access needs to be the norm for Canadian research
Public access to research generates new ideas, informs policy decisions and fuels innovation and technological development. Open access to knowledge... Read more -
How the open science movement tackles scientific misconduct
In December 2001, a small but lively meeting in Budapest, Hungary, launched a whole new international movement. The resulting Budapest... Read more -
Reliable science takes time. But the current system rewards speed
Lately, there have been many headlines about scientific fraud and journal article retractions. If this trend continues, it represents a... Read more -
Saturday Citations: When the universe was young and cute. Plus: Southern Ocean cooling trend explained
One of the strangest facts in computer science is that it's really hard to generate true random numbers. For a... Read more -
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
