Sinking Feelings
I have never fallen into quicksand, but like most people, I have been anxious about…
Science
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Different phases of evolution during ice age
A new study has provided fresh insights into how animals such as the woolly mammoth,…
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Clarivate to stop counting citations to retracted articles in journals’ impact factors – Retraction Watch
Clarivate will no longer include citations to and from retracted papers when calculating journal impact…
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Appreciating van Leeuwenhoek: The Cloth Merchant Who Discovered Microbes
Imagine trying to cope with a pandemic like COVID-19 in a world where microscopic life…
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Modulation of antiviral response in fungi via RNA editing
The expression of symptoms of viral infections is a byproduct of complex virus-host molecular pathways.…
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spaced repetition & Darwin’s golden rule – Mind Hacks
Spaced repetition is a memory hack. We know that spacing out your study is more…
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Paper with duplicated images retracted four months after concerns were raised – Retraction Watch
We write plenty of stories about lengthy investigations and long wait times for retractions. So we…
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Desperately Seeking the Unforseen
When I pull into the boat ramp parking lot, it’s just after midnight. It should…
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El Niño and La Niña climate swings threaten mangroves worldwide
A new international study led by researchers at Tulane University shows that the El Niño…
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Did the Victorians have faster reactions? – Mind Hacks
Psychologists have been measuring reaction times since before psychology existed, and they are still a…