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Crazy: Riemann Hypothesis Linked to Black Holes, Physicists Find - The Riemann Hypothesis is an open problem in maths which – if proved correct – would show us a pattern in prime numbers. The zeta function, a central part ...

What Is Kleptoparasitism? Why Food Theft Is a Common Survival Strategy Across the Animal Kingdom - Learn more about kleptoparasitism and how animals adjust to it when their food sources are scarce.

What Is Kleptoparasitism? Why Food Theft Is a Common Survival Strategy Across the Animal Kingdom - Learn more about kleptoparasitism and how animals adjust to it when their food sources are scarce.

Meteor impacts may have sparked life on Earth, scientists say - Asteroid impacts may have helped kick-start life on Earth by creating hot, chemical-rich environments ideal for early biology. These impact-generated hydro...

Congratulations to Neil Shubin on winning the Stephen Jay Gould Prize - Congratulations to Neil Shubin on winning the Stephen Jay Gould Prize Paul Oh Fri, 04/03/2026 - 11:47

Trial By Error: Professor Chalder Downgrades Definition of “Recovery” - By David Tuller, DrPH President Trump’s words and actions are routinely mind-boggling but never surprising, given past experience. The same is true of pape...

Artemis II launch, and tackling physical inactivity - Artemis II begins its mission to take humans farther into space than ever before, scientists in London unveil the first lab-grown oesophagus, the dangers o...

AI Fatigue & Fake Futures: April Fool’s 2026 - Before surveying the internet’s annual carnival of fake innovation, we should confess: we contributed one of our own. This year, we “launched” *MnemoBiom...

Turning 60, facing the gaps - Many of us carry a mix of anticipation and dread about reaching that next big-0. We all want to live long, healthy, happy lives, of course, but imagining t...

February in preprints - Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The post February in preprints appeared first on the Node.

Public Comment Now Open for The Nature Record Draft Assessment - Explore the Nature Record draft assessment and share your input.

why we’re all getting meaner and meaner online - Yes, being a professional asshole is now a viable career option. Which is awful news for online discourse.

Editorial Spotlight: Manuel Herrador-Muñoz - This interview and blog post was prepared by PLOS One Senior Editor Jianhong Zhou. Bridging technology and sustainability across the EU, ASEAN… The post ...

TITLES ARE TINSEL! - It’s easy to be impressed by people’s titles. From the Chief of this, to the Director of that and from the President of this, to the Leader of that or the ...

I have moved - It's been quite awhile since I've posted here. However, I haven't disappeared entirely. Instead, I have moved in new directions. However, my love for ast...

Local Cougars - The way we connect with others has evolved dramatically. For those interested in meeting local cougars, a casual sex app can be an ideal platform to crea...

New(ish) Hindenburg footage - I just found this randomly: it’s from 2012, on the Public Broadcasting System. On the 75th anniversary of the Hindenburg dirigible disaster, a man approach...

Announcing the Family Reset Program for 2025 - A little over a decade ago, we launched the Family Reset Program — a program fully funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and free t...

VeriXiv research spotlight: Malaria RDT (mRDT) interpretation accuracy by frontline health workers compared to AI in Kano State, Nigeria - F1000 presents an interview with Gates Foundation grantee Sasha Frade, one of the co-authors of “Malaria RDT (mRDT) interpretation accuracy by frontline ...

A Reading list for the State of the Science Address – Resources to Improve U.S. Scientific Leadership - In the inaugural “State of the Science” address, National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt recommended an array of actions to bolster U.S. glo...

Dynamics 365 Finance moderniza las operaciones financieras de tu empresa - Dynamics 365 Finance es un sistema ERP basado en la nube diseñado para optimizar los procesos comerciales. Al ofrecer una plataforma para todas las funci...

[da capo] Of Terms in Biology: Neuston - by Merry When I stumbled across the term bacterioneuston, I discovered a whole new world where the air meets the sea. I found that marine neuston had long ...

The Importance Of The Axolotl To The Ecosystem - If we lose the axolotl, it will have a devastating ripple effect on the environment and ecosystem. The axolotl is a unique species of salamander that has t...

An Explonential Approach to Mindset, Business, and Wealth – Auspreneur - The post An Explonential Approach to Mindset, Business, and Wealth – Auspreneur appeared first on Explonential.

Problème de messagerie le 12/07/2022 - Suite à un problème de messagerie, certains courriels à destination ou en provenance de SciencesConf n'ont pas été traités. Nous vous invitons à nous retra...

Nurtured by and dedicated to te reo Māori - Te reo Māori is Dr. Anaha Hiini’s life purpose. Raised by his grandparents, Kepa and Maata Hiini, Anaha of Ngāti Tarāwhai, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Whakaue descen...

COVID-19: the B.1.1.529 variant – what do we know? - There’s a lot of news about a new variant originally reported in southern Africa. Early signs have prompted calls for immediate precautionary blocks on tra...

Mindfulness: New age craze or science-backed solution? - - Mindfulness has become a billion-dollar industry. - Research shows mindfulness can be an effective wellness practice, yet the effect sizes found in stud...

Culture du Ricin : aide au développement des populations sahéliennes - De son nom scientifique " ricinus communis" , Le ricin est une plante d’origine tropicale. L’extraction de son huile permet la transformation ...

#ShutDownSTEM - Over the last few weeks, the Board of Biology Fortified has been listening and learning as peaceful protests have gathered to protest police brutality agai...

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#552 The First Cell - This week we take a closer look at what cancer is, how it works, and what makes it so hard to treat without shying away or ignoring the human experience of...

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Cara Tampil Keren untuk Pria - Menjadi cowok yang keren maksimal sudah pasti merupakan impian para pria di dunia. Karena dengan penampilan modis dan menarik tentu akan lebih mudah menari...

I hate open science - Now that I’ve got your attention: what I hate—and maybe dislike is a better term than hate—isn’t the open science community, or open science initiatives, o...

Lou Gehrig’s Disease Was Named for the Baseball Player—but Was He Misdiagnosed? - Lou Gehrig, the famous New York Yankees first baseman, was known as the “Iron Horse” for his batting skills and stamina. Elected to the Baseball Hall of...

Stay tuned... changes afoot... - Scientopia might start looking a little different soon... see you there!

NEW SITE! - Hello! As you might have guessed from the three-year hitaus in posts on this page, it is no longer active. I’m leaving it here so that you can still read o...

Keeping Your Deck in Top Condition - Your home is a big deal, and you want your outdoor spaces to be the best that they can be. As you work with a deck company waldorf md, you’re going to be l...

Episode 60 - [image: image/jpeg icon]embiggens-simpsons.jpg Cast: cds Cast: ubermoo Cast: vIQleS [image: audio/mpeg icon]ep60-thecusp-20180330.mp3 In which Profes...

Welcome back! - We are excited to share that ResearchBlogging.org will continue to operate through the Self Regulation Institute. We are thrilled to support the continuati...

Buying shares - Buying shares of stock means taking on an ownership stake in the company you purchase stock in. A company’s shares can be sold, traded or held in a retirem...

How do the world’s biggest drug companies compare, in their transparency commitments? - Here’s a paper, and associated website, that we launch today: we have assessed, and then ranked, all the biggest drug companies in the world, to compare th...

Do bilinguals really have two souls? - We keep reading media reports of studies which conclude that people who speak more than one language are capable of perceiving some...... PAVLENKO, A. (200...

Du beau pain sur la planche pour la matière sombre - Les plus récents résultats venus du cosmos Pour célébrer les cinq premières années d'opération à bord de la Station spatiale internationale (figure #1, ©...

UPDATE: When news outlets get it spectacularly wrong - This morning I was alerted to two very different headlines – in as much as they say the opposite – for the very same story. This concerns a news story abou...

10 - Julie Zickefoose - I'm an artist, writer and NPR commentator who lives in the Appalachian foothills of Ohio. With this blog, I hope to show what happens when you make room in...

TS III - [image: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFbljEGa4ckmysb8BHuir35phi4-hjFXAdQmQOCC0q1n3TzuY1y2Q6P0Sksyz6HimnBvOim99TItO4yqKGGztLy...

Some geometrical aspects of 3- and 4-spaces - A couple of abstracts about the geomtery of space: Historically, there have been many attempts to produce the appropriate mathematical formalism for model...

Definitions of “evolution” - The question on Quora was: Can someone, preferably a biologist, give me a contemporary definition of evolution, as it appears to change so greatly among sc...

Fish Skin Band-Aids: a natural way to speed wound healing - In this guest post, Mae Staples looks at how fish skin may hold the key to imp...

Update: Tree of Eukaryotes (parasitology edition) - There arose a need for a new tree for a parasitology meeting, so after almost five years, I finally updated the tree of eukaryotes. There are still things ...

Web of Science Webcast - In 2013, Thomson Reuters and Google Scholar collaborated to give researchers an easier and more intuitive way to access and evaluate information. With one ...

DAY OF NEW BEGINNINGS - Today is Pentecost at my church, as it is in most of Christendom that still follows a liturgical calendar. The rhythms of the 'church year', with its sea...

Moving and Growing: A New Home for Promega Connections - Readers, the Promega Connections blog is getting a new home and a new domain. You will now be able to find us at http://www.promegaconnections.com Why are ...

A Very Special edition of Sunday Spinelessness - Wow, it's been a long time since I wrote something here. Let's see if I can remember how this goes: I find a weird-looking bug and take some photos. Then ...

Une nouvelle banque de données voit le jour : Signature - *Signature*, tel est le nom de la toute nouvelle banque de données médicales, psychosociales et de matériel biologique humain qui vient d’être lancée pa...

Changements dans le tableau périodique des éléments - Ce magnifique tableau, créé en Russie au 19e siècle, vient de recevoir quelques rénovations. Cinq éléments au cœur du tableau périodique ne seront plus ...

While in Lexington … - … for the recently-started Spring Meet at Keeneland (it really is this pretty), I suggest that you find time to attend the 2013 Naff Symposium at the Unive...

Vaccine resistance against pertussis (whooping cough) - This falls under the bad news category. One thing to note, it has taken a long time for a vaccine resistant strain to show up. Vaccines don’t act as select...

Up-Goer Five Meme - It's been a while since I posted anything here. What can I say, I've been busy. I like the idea of keeping a blog, but finding the time is the tricky issue...

Thank you - This is my last post for the Bad Astronomy Blog on Discover Magazine. As of today – Monday, November 12, 2012 – the blog has a new home at Slate magazine...

Stomatopods at Radiolab - Somewhat recently, the ever-excellent podcast Radiolab aired an episode all about colors and how we as humans perceive them. During the episode, Jad and Ro...

- Hubble Portrays a Dusty Spiral Galaxy (9/28/12) Located about 55 million light-years from the sun and spanning about eighty thousand light-years, NGC 4183 ...

Un débat sur la science! - Un débat aura lieu le jeudi 30 août, à 18 heures, entre des candidats aux élections québécoises. Une occasion —rare— d'entendre parler de science dans cett...

Goodbye for now… - So, it’s been quite a long time since I’ve posted at all regularly here. It’s time I bite-the-bullet and admit it’s going to be a while before I find the...

Frankenburger: coming soon to your local MockDonalds - Sam Wong is a former contributor to Just A Theory who now blogs at his own site. Here’s his take on in vitro meat…. It doesn’t look very appetising, but th...

How experts recall chess positions - In 2011, a computer (Watson) outplayed two human Jeopardy champions. In 1997, chess computer Deep Blue defeated chess champion Garry Kasparov. In both case...

Bay Area bridges in need of repair - Transportation For America brings us a new tool to visualize the need for continued infrastructure in the Bay Area and around the country. Here's the map o...

Science Bloggers for Students - Supporting public school science programs - I blog for science! This you know. But now through October 22, 2011, I’m throwing my gauntlet down in the biggest philanthropic online Battle Royale in sup...

Aloha, Science Blogs. - Though you see it cheaply plastered across postcards and knick-knacks, aloha is a very deep and meaningful word in Hawaiian. Its exact origin is somewhat u...

A Woo Fighter Swan Song - First, the swan song: three undergraduate students are on their way to The Amaz!ng Meeting 9 this year, but they need your help. They have raised about h...

Full Steam Ahead on CS-STEM - By imagining, drawing, and building original videogames, Globaloria students have been boldly demonstrating how art and design and creative cognition can r...

Dissapointed with Papers2 - Why, on Earth, would you release an upgrade from a popular software, only for a limited number of users because your new, improved, released software suppo...

Tsunamis Hit Florida - Not! - I’ve been told that there is a rumor going around about methane gas bubbles causing a tsunami... *From Florida Department of Environmental Protection:* “...

Hiatus - This blog is on (likely permanent) hiatus while I turn my energy to a new blog on my first love, mathematics: Tvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.locati...

Mining for malaria cures - Malaria, as I've written about many times before, kills for reasons that we're not completely sure of yet. We give medications that work directly against t...

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