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Nature.com
December 19, 2018
Nation's parliament has budgeted for a new office next year, following push from a grassroots scientists' movement.
The Guardian
December 19, 2018
Powerful public figures choose lies over truths, prefer supposition over science; and select hate over humanity. The US administration isÃâà...
Slate Magazine
December 19, 2018
10 on the list, an epic study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that came out in May, entitled “The Biomass DistributionÃâà...
Hometownlife.com
December 19, 2018
Lydia Ferguson of Harrison High School will start her college career with a three-credit advantage and a background in the business ofÃâà...
The Rockefeller University Newswire
December 19, 2018
Among the year's findings was the discovery that young neurons afflicted by Huntington's disease have multiple nuclei (blue) within the sameÃâà...
TIME
December 19, 2018
Science Says You Have a Pretty Good Sense of Your Own Personality ... to a new paper published in the journal Psychological Science.
High Country News
December 19, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers argued that the new rules were informed by science. But the agenciesÃâà...
North Platte Telegraph
December 19, 2018
“The reason we're coming here is because we want you to be excited about science,” Ascherl said. “The best way to be excited about scienceÃâà...
National Geographic
December 18, 2018
Roughly 18 years ago, a woman named Susan Potter asked to donate her body to science when she died. Now, she lives on as theÃâà...
Vox
December 18, 2018
As science journalists, we cover a huge range of phenomena — from the minute to the outer reaches of the universe. But the best stories ofÃâà...
Science Magazine
April 27, 2018
... (see the Perspective by Cavalcanti). In all three studies, the entanglement was first created within an atomic cloud, which was then allowed to expand. Local measurements on the different, spatially separated parts of the cloud confirmed that the entanglement survived the expansion. Science, this issue p.
New York Times
April 27, 2018
These are all questions generated by the students of Christopher Roth and Katie Resch in response to the New York Times articles and images they studied in their science and art classes — where, Mr. Roth writes, working with The Times has “fundamentally changed” the classroom experience. Below, theÃâà...
The Conversation AU
April 27, 2018
What should a museum be in 2018? Self-described as “Australia's leading future focused museum”, University of South Australia's MOD is a new institution set to open its doors May 11, 2018. It brings together art, science and technology in a range of exhibits designed to mainly engage young adults agedÃâà...
Science Magazine
April 27, 2018
By adopting this approach, mutually beneficial relationships can develop between researchers and communities, leading to more robust science and productive collaborations. For example, coauthors R.S.M. and A.C.B. have partnerships with a First Nations community in British Columbia. The community isÃâà...
Science Magazine
April 27, 2018
The high-molecular-weight polymer exhibited high crystallinity and thermal stability. However, at hot enough conditions, or at lower temperatures in the presence of a zinc chloride catalyst, the polymer could be returned to its starting monomers and thus recycled into new material. Science, this issue p.
The MIT Tech
April 27, 2018
Our longing for absolutes is so strong that even within the sciences we believe in certain absolutes, which are beliefs that cannot be proven. The most important absolute in science, which I call the central doctrine of science, is the belief that nature is lawful, and that those laws hold true everywhere and allÃâà...
WIRED
April 26, 2018
But scientists say it would burden researchers and lead the best science to be ignored. Under the rule, epidemiological studies linking air pollution to early death, or contaminated drinking water to cancer, for example, could be tossed out because they relied on confidential medical records of people whoÃâà...
Science News
April 25, 2018
Genetic modifications to a plant that makes artemisinin, a key compound used in malaria drugs, tripled the amount of the ingredient naturally produced in leaves. Previous attempts to genetically engineer Artemisia annua to increase the yield of artemisinin had failed. So Kexuan Tang, a plant scientist atÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 25, 2018
Aside from Golden Knights hockey, the Las Vegas Science and Technology Festival may be one of the most sought-after tickets in town. Organizers began taking reservations on Friday for various, limited-entry events associated with the festival, and everything filled up within 15 minutes. But not to worry,Ãâà...
Natural Resources Defense Council
April 25, 2018
In a major victory for public health and independent science last week, a California Court of Appeal ruled against Monsanto and for California voters' reliance on the findings of expert scientific bodies to identify dangerous chemicals. The court upheld California's listing of glyphosate – the active ingredient inÃâà...
Union of Concerned Scientists (blog)
April 25, 2018
Many have voiced concerns on the removal of climate change information from websites, disregard of science on pesticides and air quality and more. Enter the latest salvo: Yesterday, hundreds of members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) signed a letter calling for the administration to reverse itsÃâà...
NPR
April 25, 2018
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, has proposed a new rule that restricts scientific research that can be used by the agency for its regulatory decisions. The proposed rule only allows the use of studies that make all data publicly available for anyone to analyze. Pruitt proposed theÃâà...
Recode
April 25, 2018
On this episode of Too Embarrassed to Ask, The Verge's science reporter Loren Grush talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about Elon Musk's SpaceX and how the company stacks up against private competitors like Jeff Bezos's rocket company, Blue Origin, and the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint ventureÃâà...
UCI News
April 25, 2018
Michael Goodrich, UCI Chancellor's Professor of computer science, has been elected as a foreign member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences & Letters. Goodrich is a leader in the field of algorithm design, where he is highly recognized for research in geometric computing, networking, geographicÃâà...
Quartz
April 21, 2018
This week, Starbucks responded to public outrage following the arrests of two black men who were simply waiting to meet a friend at one of its Philadelphia locations. As a part of a larger response, it announced it would shut down 8,000 stores for one day to give racial bias training to 175,000 workers.
NPR
April 21, 2018
Look, let's just puff-puff right past the 4/20 jokes, OK? There's no reason to toke up all of your time with silliness when you could be nodding your head (slowly) to Sleep's first album since Dopesmoker, considered by many to be the high-water mark of stoner-metal epics. (Its release date is something of aÃâà...
Eos
April 21, 2018
Science advocacy is pretty simple. You just have to ask—in Congressional parlance—for what you want. The idea of such an ask may seem strange, but it is key to getting heard on the Hill. And it isn't wholly unfamiliar. After all, every time we write a grant proposal, we're embarking on an ask. After takingÃâà...
NASASpaceflight.com
April 21, 2018
Of those 76 delivered experiments, over half of the life sciences projects therein were from the National Institutes of Health in the United States, with the National Science Foundation co-sponsoring most of the physical science experiments. More impressively, 70% of all FY 2017 CASIS projects were fromÃâà...
Science Magazine
April 21, 2018
Update: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted a draft rule on "Strengthening Transparency and Validity in Regulatory Science" to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the White House's Office of Managment and Budget on 19 April, reports E&E News. But theÃâà...
Science News
April 21, 2018
If you're a female computer scientist, you may not see an equal number of men and women working in your field in this century — or even the next one. It might take a whopping 280 years for that scientific discipline to bridge the gender gap, researchers report online April 19 in PLOS Biology. The studyÃâà...
Engadget
April 21, 2018
Vice-owned outlet Motherboard's documentary The Most Unknown, about "the biggest questions in science," will debut on Netflix after its theatrical run. The publication sent nine scientists around the world to get answers to big topics like the definition of consciousness, what exactly comprises dark matterÃâà...
Science Magazine
April 20, 2018
Today, it is well known that human activities put larger animals at greater risk of extinction. Such targeting of the largest species is not new, however. Smith et al. show that biased loss of large-bodied mammal species from ecosystems is a signature of human impacts that has been following homininÃâà...
The Atlantic
April 20, 2018
Instead, Holman downloaded 9.15 million articles from PubMed, one of the largest repositories for medical and life sciences, and another half-million articles from ArXiv, which stores papers in mathematics, physics, astronomy, and more. He then wrote a program that used an online database to deduce theÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
April 12, 2018
Science writer Erik Vance has traveled the globe to learn how healing works, whether its Western medicine or traditional healing; 6,500 feet up in the mountains of Mexico's Sierra Mazatecas, we explored two things that sometimes unite those types of treatment – the theater of medicine and the science ofÃâà...
Hyperallergic
April 12, 2018
In all their work, Foley and Rabinovich marry science and art. Such a fusion is showcased in one of their favorite projects, Shareable Biome, which is a series of drawings, video, lecture performances and interactive data visualizations about a widely-discussed medical procedure called fecal microbiotaÃâà...
NPR
April 12, 2018
For 6 1/2 years, I have had the privilege and the pleasure of writing commentaries — about 50 every year — for NPR on animals, anthropology, human evolution, nature, gender and higher education. The blog's science and culture commentary is being discontinued by NPR — and, so, it's time to sayÃâà...
Nature.com
April 12, 2018
Lemaire notes that three locally organized marches are planned, and says that a new collective of scientists and citizens — called Tous en Sciences, or All for Science — will be formed in Bordeaux on 14 April, where 700 people marched last year. Lemaire, who is president of the researcher-led campaignÃâà...
Science Magazine
April 12, 2018
Although we agree with M. Wright (“Instagram won't solve inequality,” Working Life, 16 March, p. 1294) that there are many systemic structures perpetuating the marginalization of women in science, we view social media as a powerful tool in a larger strategy to dismantle such structures. In additionÃâà...
Science News
April 12, 2018
SERENADE ME Male Costa's hummingbirds will twist their tail sideways to direct the sound of fluttering tail feathers toward a female when diving past her in courtship. Takahashi Photography/Shutterstock. Email. Email. Print. Print. Twitter. Twitter. Facebook. Facebook. Reddit. Reddit. Google+. Google+.
New Scientist
April 11, 2018
WHEN I first started recruiting for a scientists' march on Washington DC in early 2017, it seemed like an uphill battle. I was just a researcher without money, connections or crowd-pulling charisma, moved to action by the election of Donald Trump, a powerful climate change denier and anti-vaxxer, as USÃâà...
The Atlantic
April 11, 2018
Growing up, I would witness this scene at the supermarket, in a post office, out at dinner between salad and the main course. It was brilliant performance art. She was passionate about her decision to donate her brain to science, following in the footsteps of her mother, who survived multiple brain surgeries,Ãâà...
Roanoke Times
April 2, 2018
On Saturday, March 17, over 100 gifted and talented students from the school districts of Roanoke City and Roanoke County, plus the Roanoke Valley Governor's School, competed in the 2018 Western Virginia Regional Science and Engineering Fair at Virginia Western Community College. The followingÃâà...
Reveal
April 2, 2018
Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences, said “the edits are glaringly in violation” of the science cited in the report and “such alterations violate” the policy. “The individual who edited the document is making a personal opinion/assumption that runs counter to the scientific consensusÃâà...
Jackson Hole News&Guide
April 2, 2018
Science Schools programs include two independent prekindergarten through 12th-grade schools in Wyoming and Idaho, field education for schools and visitors, and educator development in Wyoming and Idaho. “The online revolution succeeded in that it made learning more personalized and moreÃâà...
The Brown Daily Herald
April 2, 2018
He brought John Mustard, professor of earth, environmental and planetary sciences, on a trip to Russia early in his career, introducing him to scientists there and making connections that Mustard utilized for more than 20 years of research. “He's really generous with his time and connections. He helpsÃâà...
OpenGov Asia
April 2, 2018
On April 1, the UAE launched its National Advanced Sciences Agenda 2031 and the 2021 Advanced Science Strategy under the Agenda 2031. Together, they aim to strengthen the UAE's march to the future through adopting modern technologies and advanced sciences. The UAE National AdvancesÃâà...
Scientific American (blog)
April 2, 2018
The consensus was clear: we need to elevate women in the sciences. For example, eight in 10 adults polled believe women are critical to science discoveries, and seven in 10 adults believe more women should have leadership roles in science. As well, nearly 70 percent of American men and womenÃâà...
Science News
April 2, 2018
FOOL'S GOLD The Nobel Prize is science's highest honor — but coveting the prize can have negative repercussions. In a new book, astrophysicist Brian Keating describes his personal experience with the award's allure. AlphaTangoBravo/Adam Baker/Flickr (CC BY 2.0). Email. Email. Print. Print. Twitter.
Technical.ly
April 2, 2018
Drawing on the success of last year's March for Science, which drew thousands of protesters down Market Street, Philly activists have banded together under a new independent organization called Philadelphia Science in Action, a non-partisan effort to advocate for an evidence-based approach in publicÃâà...
Vanderbilt University News
April 2, 2018
Among many research areas represented in ArtLab are pharmacology, biological sciences, biochemistry, physics and astronomy, engineering and psychology. An ArtLab pop-up exhibition— with more than 50 artists and scientists contributing original works within the art and science intersection—was onÃâà...
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