"Jurassic Park" is arguably the ultimate Hollywood blockbuster. Aside from the appeal of human-chomping dinosaurs, tense action sequences and ground-breaking cinematography, its release in 1993 was a movies-meet-science milestone.
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 18, 2023
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Jennifer L. Mnookin, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and one of the most cited evidence law scholars in the nation, this week authored an editorial in the journal Science calling for a national commission ...
Other
Nov 17, 2023
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Researchers at the Complexity Science Hub have examined 1.2 million criminal incidents and developed an innovative method to identify patterns in criminal trajectories. The study is published in the journal Scientific Reports.
Social Sciences
Nov 13, 2023
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Discussions around science and technology can become controversial, such as public conversations around climate science or gene-editing tools.
Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2023
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To effectively repel an enemy invasion, it helps to have accurate intelligence about that enemy's weaponry and attack plan. Medical scientists laboring to repel infectious viruses, such as those that cause COVID-19 and HIV, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 28, 2023
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Nazim Mamedov, adjunct assistant professor in the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, has been telling the international scientific community about the pharmacological properties of specific herbal plants native to Syria and ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 28, 2023
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Excavations by a University of Kansas paleontologist working in a treasure trove of fossils called the "Spence Shale Lagerstätte" have revealed an ancient sea worm unknown to science until now. The finding has now been published ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Aug 3, 2023
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Researchers are more likely to pen scientific papers with co-authors of the same gender, a pattern that cannot be simply explained by the varying gender representation across scientific disciplines and time, according to ...
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2023
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A University of Minnesota-led team has, for the first time, engineered an atomically thin material that can absorb nearly 100% of light at room temperature, a discovery that could improve a wide range of applications from ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 2, 2023
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It's becoming increasingly necessary to distinguish between genuine scientific skeptics and "dogmatic deniers," a new book suggests.
Social Sciences
Jul 31, 2023
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