Metric system overhaul will dethrone the one, true kilogram

Rewrite of units in terms of physical constants will depose Le Grand K | Continue reading

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Metric system overhaul will dethrone the one, true kilogram

Rewrite of units in terms of physical constants will depose Le Grand K | Continue reading

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Frequent inbreeding may have caused skeletal abnormalities in early humans

Ancient remains reveal conditions that are unknown in modern humans | Continue reading

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Open access: two major funders won't cover publishing in hybrid journals

The Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation join Plan S initiative | Continue reading

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Two major funders to bar grantees from publishing in hybrid journals

The Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation join Plan S initiative | Continue reading

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World’s oldest chocolate was made 5300 years ago, in a South American rainforest

Ancient pots shift the nexus of chocolatemaking from Central America to modern Ecuador | Continue reading

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US Federal officials pause trial testing stem cells for heart disease

Decision came after call for retractions of 31 papers from Harvard University lab | Continue reading

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Europe’s billion-euro quantum flagship hands out first grants

Funding could help quantum technology gain commercial footholds in Europe | Continue reading

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This ‘two-faced’ membrane can create electricity–from nothing but salty water

New membrane acts as one-way path for charged particles | Continue reading

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VR Could Show Others What Autism Feel Like – And Lead to Potential Treatments

Researchers and autistic artists are exploring immersive visuals to study and simulate autism traits | Continue reading

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Three Chinese teams join race to build the world’s fastest supercomputer

Exascale computers promise dramatic advances in climate modeling, genetics studies, and artificial intelligence | Continue reading

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Lectures aren't just boring, they're Ineffective, too, study finds

"Active learning" boosts grades, reduces failure rates in undergraduate STEM classes, concludes major review | Continue reading

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What retracted papers reveals about science publishing’s ‘death penalty’

Better editorial oversight, not more flawed papers, might explain flood of retractions | Continue reading

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Better editorial oversight might explain a flood of retractions

Better editorial oversight, not more flawed papers, might explain flood of retractions | Continue reading

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A new day for chemistry: Molecular CT scan could speed drug discovery

Structure mapping works with vanishingly small samples, is blazing fast, and is surprisingly easy | Continue reading

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Chemists find a recipe that may have jump-started life on Earth

New sequence of reactions could have created all four RNA bases at once | Continue reading

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Brain pollution: Evidence builds that dirty air causes Alzheimer’s, dementia

The microscopic particles sifting from freeways and power plants don’t just harm your heart and lungs. They may also attack your brain. | Continue reading

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“The 2020s could be one of humanity's last chances to avert devastating impacts”

Analysis downplayed economic and social disruptions, critics say | Continue reading

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Cometlike objects could be spreading life from star to star

Astronomers say new observations bolster the case for “galactic panspermia” | Continue reading

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Canadian researchers reconstruct deadly virus for $100,000 using mail-order DNA

A study that brought horsepox back to life is triggering a new debate about the risks and power of synthetic biology | Continue reading

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How big is the average ?

Scientists are refining what constitutes "normal" | Continue reading

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Mexico’s new science minister is a plant biologist who opposes transgenic crops

Critics worry Elena Álvarez-Buylla’s activism will influence funding decisions | Continue reading

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Arrays of atoms emerge as dark horse candidate to power quantum computers

Neutral atom qubits can be packed into 3D shapes and programmed to work with few errors | Continue reading

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Skepiticism of attempted proof of 160-year-old hypothesis

The Riemann hypothesis, a formula related to the distribution of prime numbers, has remained unsolved for more than a century | Continue reading

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There are ~20,000 human genes. Why do scientists only study a fraction of them?

Science chats with systems biologist Thomas Stoeger | Continue reading

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Gut directly connected to brain, by a newly discovered neuron circuit

Find could lead to new treatments for obesity, depression | Continue reading

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Your gut is directly connected to your brain by a neuron circuit

Find could lead to new treatments for obesity, depression | Continue reading

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Want to convince someone that you’re human? This one word could do the trick

Call it a minimal Turing test | Continue reading

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Like humans, octopuses want more hugs when high on ecstasy

Researchers find genetic link in both species between MDMA and social behavior | Continue reading

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‘Journalologists’ use scientific methods to study academic publishing

Decades spent studying peer review, publication bias, and more have challenged the status quo, but journalologists say they have a long way to go | Continue reading

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The Greeks Really Do Have Near-Mythical Origins

Analysis connects Greeks to the famed Mycenaeans and Minoans | Continue reading

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Spock’s home world has been discovered (sort of)

Astronomers find planet predicted by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry | Continue reading

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About 40% of economics experiments fail replication survey

Compared with psychology, the replication rate "is rather good," researchers say | Continue reading

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Mysterious new brain cell found in people

But newly discovered “rosehip” neuron is missing in mice | Continue reading

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Plants communicate distress using their own kind of nervous system

Model mustard plant uses the same signals as animals to relay distress | Continue reading

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This broken gene may have turned our ancestors into marathoners

Mice with the same genetic change become ultradistance runners | Continue reading

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Saturn's Strange Hexagon Recreated in the Lab (2010)

Scientists propose a novel explanation for one of the solar system’s most mysterious formations | Continue reading

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Open-access journal editors resign claiming pressure to publish mediocre papers

Nutrients editors quit en masse from MDPI journal | Continue reading

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European science funders ban grantees from publishing in paywalled journals

Bold move is intended to trigger open-access tipping point | Continue reading

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Vaclav Smil, the man who has quietly shaped how the world thinks about energy

Microsoft founder Bill Gates just one of his ardent fans | Continue reading

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Science in Iran languishes after Trump re-imposes sanctions

Brain drain feared amid economic woes and fraying international collaborations | Continue reading

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Gene editing of dogs offers hope for treating human muscular dystrophy

CRISPR treatment repairs muscle protein gene in beagles by further mutating it | Continue reading

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Secretive fusion company claims reactor breakthrough (2015)

California’s Tri Alpha Energy continues progress toward an alternative fusion reactor | Continue reading

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Urban planners aim to eliminate slums–with computer programs

New approach maps out neighborhoods using spatial networks | Continue reading

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NIH investigating if U.S. scientists are sharing ideas with foreign governments

Agency reminds researchers to report foreign ties, keep peer reviews confidential | Continue reading

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'Generous’ approach to replication confirms many social science findings

Project aimed to detect small effects, overstated in the original paper | Continue reading

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This improbable membrane can trap flies in a jar–and odor in a toilet

New reverse filter could also block germs from surgical incisions | Continue reading

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Tiny spacecraft are breaking out of Earth’s orbit – Science – AAAS

Miniature propulsion systems push CubeSats to the moon and beyond | Continue reading

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