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US 'space symphony' puts stunning NASA images to music
It could be the ultimate blend of art and science—a new seven-suite "space symphony" inspired and illustrated by NASA's latest... Read more -
He likes to be, under the sea: Florida man sets record for living underwater
A university professor broke a record for the longest time living underwater without depressurization this weekend at a Florida Keys... Read more -
Slow-paced nature TV captivates Swedish audiences
Using dozens of cameras set up throughout Sweden's massive forests, weeks-long live broadcasts of elk and other wild animals, or... Read more -
Botticelli's Venus is an 'influencer' and Italy is not happy
The Italian tourism ministry thought it had a sure-fire way to bring travelers into the country: turning a 15th century... Read more -
Tulips for breakfast: the flower as food from the war to contemporary gastronomy
The Netherlands, late 1944. After the liberation from the Nazis, there were still unexpected problems to solve. Trains and river... Read more -
Gender gap found in research grant award amounts, re-applications
Women researchers received substantially less funding in grant awards than men—an average of about $342,000 compared to men's $659,000, according... Read more -
Researchers propose new standards to fix what's wrong in statistics
A new paper in the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology indicates that the methods researchers use to report on... Read more -
Synchrotron technique reveals more details of mysterious underlying portrait in Renaissance painting
Conservators and curators from the Art Gallery of New South Wales have used an advanced imaging technique at the Australian... Read more -
The death of open access mega-journals?
The entire scientific publishing world is currently undergoing a massive stress test of quantity vs. quality, open access (free) vs.... Read more -
Rare pink diamond worth $35 mn set for auction in New York
A rare, vividly rosy-purple diamond, called the Eternal Pink and valued at $35 million, is set to be auctioned off... Read more -
It's time to rethink what citizen science really is, say researchers
Citizen science is a popular method of gathering data for natural and social scientists, with the number of projects and... Read more -
Why thousands of volunteers are transcribing the notebooks of the scientist who inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Sir Humphry Davy (1778–1829) is usually remembered as the inventor of a revolutionary miner's safety lamp. But his wild popularity... Read more -
Half of women scientists worldwide sexually harassed: survey
Half of all women scientists worldwide have been the victim of workplace sexual harassment at some point during their career,... Read more -
Why do sports keep changing their rules? We count 4 main reasons
The Australian Football League's 2023 season is kicking off with changes afoot. Three rule changes, in fact, which may either... Read more -
Pornography use at any level harms romantic relationships, suggests new study
Avoiding pornography is vital to developing a healthy and long-term romantic relationship, says a new study from BYU.... Read more
