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A new immersive cinema is helping firefighters to better prepare for megafires
As summer approaches, the threat of bushfires looms. Earlier this month, an out-of-control blaze in Sydney's northern beaches burnt more... Read more -
Saturday Citations: Octopuses as shift supervisors for fish; universe confounds standard model; extremely old cheese
This week, biologists tracked down a mysterious group of orcas near Chile; Hubble spotted a black hole jet that causes... Read more -
Researchers unpack sign language's visual advantage
Linguists have long known that sign languages are as grammatically and logically sophisticated as spoken languages—and also make greater use... Read more -
Records show that churches monitored multilingual gossip in Elizabethan London
"Stranger churches"—Protestant congregations that welcomed speakers of certain languages other than English—in early modern London had "eyes everywhere" to hear,... Read more -
The 'publish or perish' mentality is fueling research paper retractions—and undermining science
When scientists make important discoveries, both big and small, they typically publish their findings in scientific journals for others to... Read more -
Global crises are multiplying: Here's how science can help our public decision-makers
Housing, climate, cost of living, health—the multitude of interconnected crises the world is facing has spawned a new term: "polycrisis."... Read more -
Scientists become a source of hope and information on TikTok, Instagram
Peter Neff understands the allure of the world's fifth-largest continent.... Read more -
Saturday Citations: Football metaphors in physics; vets treat adorable baby rhino's broken leg
This week, researchers reported an effective way to protect working dogs from heat stress: training them to dunk their heads... Read more -
'The data on extreme human aging is rotten from the inside out,' says Ig Nobel winner
From the swimming habits of dead trout to the revelation that some mammals can breathe through their backsides, a group... Read more -
Study looks at funded partnerships between nonprofit organizations and researchers
Front-line communities, those in regions most severely and immediately affected by increasing weather hazards and climate extremes, can benefit from... Read more -
Backside breathing and pigeon bombers studies win Ig Nobel prizes
Mammals that can breathe through their backsides, homing pigeons that can guide missiles and sober worms that outpace drunk ones:... Read more -
Saturday Citations: Permian-Triassic mystery solved; cute baby sighted; the nine-day 2023 seismic event
This week, a billionaire made a spacewalk, archaeologists found a new, isolated Neanderthal lineage and the James Webb Space Telescope... Read more -
Studies on pigeon-guided missiles, swimming abilities of dead fish among Ig Nobels winners
A study that explores the feasibility of using pigeons to guide missiles and one that looks at the swimming abilities... Read more -
First publication of J.R.R. Tolkien's collected poems offers new insights into author's personality
If you have read The Lord of the Rings, there is a good chance that you skipped over one or... Read more -
This year's $890,000 Balzan Prizes awarded for research on aging, restorative justice, climate crisis
An Australian criminologist specializing in restorative justice and a U.S. scientist whose work helps address the climate crisis are among... Read more
