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When remains are found in a suitcase, forensics can learn a lot from the insects trapped within
A crime scene can present itself in any form and size.... Read more -
Did an accidental 'blood plague' in World of Warcraft help scientists model COVID better? The results are in
Way before COVID, in 2005 the World of Warcraft game developers accidentally introduced an extremely virulent highly contagious disease into... Read more -
Lack of grants from funding agencies biggest barrier to OA publishing in physical sciences, study finds
Over half (53%) of physical science researchers want to publish open access (OA) but 62% say a lack of monies... Read more -
UK disputes lack of access to EU science research programmes
Britain has launched dispute procedures with the European Union over its exclusion from the bloc's scientific research programmes, using... Read more
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Nigeria tackles publishing in predatory journals
Higher education institutions in Nigeria need to train academics to spot fraudulent journals, researchers say.... Read more -
Distinguishing scientific results from experimental artifacts
While conducting fieldwork at a lab at Princeton University, Talia Dan-Cohen, associate professor of sociocultural anthropology at Washington University in... Read more -
How Wikipedia influences judicial behavior
Mixed appraisals of Wikipedia are reflected in the article "List of Wikipedia Scandals," which sits below a Wikipedia web address.... Read more -
Miners unearth pink diamond believed to be largest seen in 300 years
Miners in Angola have unearthed a rare pure pink diamond that is believed to be the largest found in 300... Read more -
Gaelic ultrasound videos shed new light on mechanics of tongue movements during speech
The first publicly available ultrasound recordings of Gaelic give a previously unseen perspective on tongue shapes used while speaking the... Read more -
Overconfidence bolsters anti-scientific views, study finds
Historically, the scientific community has relied on educating the public in order to increase agreement with scientific consensus. New research... Read more -
Professor of music unravels centuries-old authorship mystery
The 15th-century French composer and singer Josquin des Prez, or "Josquin," as he is commonly known, achieved the Renaissance equivalent... Read more -
It's getting harder for scientists to collaborate across borders, complicating climate change battle
The United Nations and many researchers have emphasized the critical role international collaborative science plays in solving global challenges like... Read more -
UN projects world population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15
The United Nations estimated Monday that the world's population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15 and that India will... Read more -
The four bases of anti-science beliefs—and what to do about them
The same four factors that explain how people change their beliefs on a variety of issues can account for the... Read more -
In the pursuit of scientific truth, working with adversaries can pay off
Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, famous inventors both, were also, famously, rivals. Their heated relationship came to a head in... Read more
