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Study shows a '15-minute city' within reach for Vancouver
According to a new study published by Simon Fraser University researchers, 79 percent of residents in the City of Vancouver... Read more -
Congress dives into UFOs, but no signs of extraterrestrials
Congress held its first hearing in half a century Tuesday on unidentified flying objects. And no, there is still no... Read more -
The Loch Ness monster: A modern history
Reports of Loch Ness monster sightings keep coming. The latest report, accompanied by a video, is of a 20–30ft long... Read more -
Biggest white diamond ever auctioned fetches $21.9 million
The Rock, the biggest white diamond ever auctioned, sold for 21.7 million Swiss francs ($21.9 million) on Wednesday, far short... Read more -
Templeton Prize-winning physicist pushes back against anti-intellectualism
Frank Wilczek, the Nobel-winning theoretical physicist whose research transformed humanity's understanding of the fundamental forces of nature, was announced Wednesday... Read more -
First detailed academic study of East African maritime traditions shows changes in boatbuilding
The first detailed academic study of East African maritime traditions shows changes in boatbuilding techniques but the continuing use of... Read more -
'The Rock' diamond dazzles in Geneva
The biggest white diamond ever to be sold at auction, dubbed "The Rock," will go under the hammer in Geneva... Read more -
A motif perched within the Gilgameš Epic
Birds call forth a myriad of meanings in the Gilgameš Epic. Winged creatures convey abundance and revelry, enhance the narrative's... Read more -
The women scientists forgotten by history
French doctor and researcher Marthe Gautier, who died over the weekend, was one of a long line of women scientists... Read more -
Millions of research papers are published in a year. How do scientists keep up?
If you want to be a scientist, you're going to have to do a lot of reading.... Read more -
Federal research funding has positive 'ripple effects'
Federal funding for biomedical research has a "ripple effect" of stimulating new studies even beyond the original purposes of a... Read more -
New study examines ethics of community-engaged research from the perspective of community partners
In recent years, there's been rapid growth in the field of community-engaged research, a model of knowledge production that partners... Read more -
Scholars seek greater collaboration among zoos and museums
The animal collections housed at zoos and natural history museums—living specimens in the first case, preserved in the other—constitute an... Read more -
How to survive a tactical nuclear bomb? Defense experts explain
There has been widespread discussion of Russia's threat to use tactical nuclear weapons in its war on Ukraine.... Read more -
Changing the conversation about science through citizen communicators
Initiatives to help citizen science projects communicate about their results are paving the way for ordinary people to take the... Read more
