
Nature - 17 hours 56 min ago
A scientist in training seeks help in finding a new adviser without damaging existing working relationships.

Nature - 17 hours 56 min ago
Technique uses chemical tags to shut down viral DNA lurking in host's genome.

Nature - 17 hours 56 min ago
Many academics are concerned about threats to independent enquiry in higher education. Here's how it can be protected while taking legitimate concerns into account.

Newser - 1 day 2 hours ago
Scientists have bioengineered mice whose brains contain working human cells, but they stress that they're not "mice that think like humans." In a study published in Nature , Stanford University neuroscientists say they engineered mice to have almost no cerebral cortex of their own, leaving around half the volume of their...

IEEE Spectrum - 1 day 4 hours ago
Nowadays, solar cells are typically found on sunny surfaces on land or aboard satellites in space. A new study suggests photovoltaics can also work below the ocean's surface, generating useful amounts of electricity underwater even at depths of 10 meters. "With submerged solar cells, submarines or autonomous underwater vehicles could achieve far greater range and mission endurance than they do today," says Wen-Hua Zhang , dean of Yunnan University's school of materials and energy...

Newser - 1 day 7 hours ago
Rivers aren't just carrying water to the seas they're moving plastic there by the ton. A new study in Science estimates that in 2022, rivers dumped about 260,000 metric tons of microplastics into the ocean, far more than previously thought, reports the Washington Post . About 96% came from developing...

Ars Technica - 1 day 8 hours ago
Isotope ratios provide a hint that the giants were actively managing temperatures.

Wired - 1 day 8 hours ago
Several new studies have uncovered this long overlooked aspect of coral physiology that could be the key to the animals' fate in a changing climate.

BBC - 1 day 11 hours ago
The cash can be used by local communities to protect threatened green spaces and wildlife sites.

GeekSpin - 1 day 18 hours ago
The U.S. already got rid of this nightmare once. Now, the New World screwworm is moving north again and it has a particularly horrifying way of feeding. New World screwworm is a parasitic fly whose larvae feed on living flesh. And after disappearing from the United States for decades, the pest has now reached Texas […] Read the original article here: A flesh-eating parasite once eradicated in the US is back...

Ars Technica - 2 days 6 hours ago
Research suggests that bilingualism can offer cognitive benefits.

Retraction Watch - 2 days 7 hours ago
If your week flew by we know ours did catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: In case you missed the news, the Hijacked Journal Checker now has more than 450 entries. The Retraction Watch Database has over 67,000 retractions. Our list of COVID-19 retractions … Continue reading Weekend reads: An expression of concern for Nobel Prize winner; DOJ official queried journals on partisan' views; AI research's synthetic validity' problem...

Los Angeles Times - 2 days 7 hours ago
For years, he'd been a classroom science teacher in suburban San Diego County. Now he hopes to meaningfully contribute to the regrowth of oaks in burned Altadena.

Wired - 2 days 7 hours ago
Powerful AI models have created an existential risk to the field, but researchers can't stop relying on them because they're too useful.