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Fascinating, but does it replicate? The reproducibility crisis is undermining scientific trust
Over the last few centuries, the scientific method has established itself as a pretty useful tool.... Read more -
Saturday Citations: Upside-down sharks; brain network functioning in psychopaths; IQ associated with better predictions
This week, biologists discovered a new cellular organelle that's like "a new recycling center within the cell." Wild-growing tomatoes in... Read more -
'Science refugees': French university welcomes first US researchers
Eight American researchers have arrived at a university in southern France, as the country pushes to offer "science asylum" to... Read more -
Saturday Citations: Genetic toggles, undersea farmers and exploding rockets
This week, medical researchers ruled out brainstem CT scanning alone for proof of neurologic death. Researchers at Yale presented new... Read more -
Saturday Citations: Chatbots easily tricked; better strength training; dynamics of a neural 'reward map'
This week, the state of Florida reached a "startling milestone" in the effort to eradicate invasive Burmese pythons in the... Read more -
Saturday Citations: Reality vs. imagination; rhinos vs. poachers; mathematics vs. the Big Bang
This week, Chinese researchers reported a nearly complete skull representing the first known sauropod species from East Asia. A team... Read more -
For both artists and scientists, slow looking allows surprising connections to surface
Scientists need skills in visual analysis and critical thinking, but these skills aren't being taught or practiced nearly enough in... Read more -
After 60 years, the search for a missing plane in Lake Superior remains fruitless
Experts searching for plane wreckage in Michigan's Lake Superior found logs and rocks on the bottom but no debris from... Read more -
Saturday Citations: Wages vs. welfare; origins of teeth; a search for primordial black holes
A new study of the Gobi Wall in the Gobi highland desert of Mongolia reveals a multifunctional role beyond defense;... Read more -
From peasant fodder to posh fare: How snails and oysters became luxury foods
Oysters and escargot are recognized as luxury foods around the world—but they were once valued by the lower classes as... Read more -
Saturday Citations: Protoplanetary cornucopia; trees abound; the importance of diversity in corporate boards
This week, paleontologists reported finding new details in an Archaeopteryx fossil via CT scanning and UV light exposure. NASA engineers... Read more -
Rare blue diamond fetches $21.5 mn at auction in Geneva
An exceptionally rare blue diamond went under the hammer in Geneva late Tuesday, selling for $21.5 million, Sotheby's auction house... Read more -
Breathtaking images show what working as a scientist can look like
A scientist braving crashing waves to track whales in a northern Norwegian fjord tops a list of winners of Nature's... Read more -
'CoVox': A matched vocal dataset for comparing singing and speech styles
The human voice is as diverse and individual as a fingerprint and can provide information about emotions, age, or health.... Read more -
Saturday Citations: AI predicts cancer survival outcomes; Hubble spots a wandering black hole
This week, physicists at CERN reported the transmutation of lead into gold in the Large Hadron Collider, raising the possibility... Read more
