https://phys.org/science-news/sci-other en-us The latest news on chemistry, math, archaeology, biology, chemistry, mathematics and science technologies. Sixty-eight Nobel science laureates urged Argentina's self-professed "anarcho-capitalist" President Javier Milei Wednesday to restore budgets for science and technology that have been cut under his drive to slash public spending. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-nobel-laureates-milei-canceling-scientific.html Other Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:40:01 EST news628965426 It's been a long, eight-day leap week, and this weekend, I'm spending my free time working on the manuscript for my style guide for science writers, "How to Effectively Split an Infinitive." https://phys.org/news/2024-03-saturday-citations-wont-black-hole.html Other Sat, 02 Mar 2024 09:10:04 EST news628517216 Two years of war in Ukraine have caused widespread devastation to the country's citizenry, infrastructure and environment, and new research utilizing publicly accessible satellite imagery lays bare the scope of destruction. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-animated-reveal-true-devastation-ukraine.html Other Mon, 26 Feb 2024 12:30:14 EST news628173006 From enraptured voles and space robots on the moon to brain gears and dense objects, it was a heck of a week in science. Let's take a look at some of the most interesting developments over the past seven days. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-saturday-citations-neurology-pair-bonding.html Other Sat, 24 Feb 2024 08:30:01 EST news627913365 The glittering diamonds sparkle the same but there are key differences: mined natural gems are more than a billion years old, while laboratory-made rocks are new and cost less than half the price. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-lab-grown-diamonds-natural-gems.html Other Economics & Business Tue, 20 Feb 2024 03:10:01 EST news627620225 Einstein's inexhaustible field equations just keep on predicting weird stellar objects, and the latest one is a doozy—so strap on your helmet, inside of which is another helmet, encasing still yet another helmet. This headgear is modeled on a weird solution to the field equations described below, along with an interesting neural study involving human speech in reverberant environments and predictions for the Atlantic Ocean over the next 20-odd-million years. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-saturday-citations-einstein-revisited-atlantic.html Other Sat, 17 Feb 2024 09:10:01 EST news627310328 EU and UK science chiefs on Monday launched a push to attract scientists to Europe's £80 billion Horizon research program after warnings of high costs and red tape in Britain. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-eu-uk-urge-scientists-brexit.html Other Mon, 12 Feb 2024 13:11:19 EST news626965873 "Oh, hello. I didn't see you there. I was just editing a weekly roundup of science news stories for Saturday morning." This is the first line from my autobiographical one-man play about having multiple Firefox tabs open. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-saturday-citations-dark-bug-marriageability.html Other Sat, 10 Feb 2024 10:00:01 EST news626706513 Research samples collected over decades at a prestigious Swedish medical university have been destroyed after a freezer malfunctioned over the Christmas holidays, the university said on Monday. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-decades-samples-destroyed-sweden-cooler.html Other Mon, 05 Feb 2024 13:27:36 EST news626362051 Coming in hot on February 3 with a photo of a cute French bully who did an amazing trick with his jawbone. Good boy! (Click!) Happy Saturday. Here's a roundup that includes news about additive printing of neurons, evidence that microbes like stuff, and the shifting temperature differential between day and night. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-saturday-citations-dog-regenerates-body.html Other Sat, 03 Feb 2024 07:30:01 EST news626102356 It is quite rare for philosophers to start investigating a new area, and a lot of the questions they explore have been around since ancient times. However, there is something they have only begun to look at closely in the last 15 years or so, which sits at the intersection of psychology and philosophy: inner speech. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-speech-philosophy.html Other Social Sciences Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:56:03 EST news625928162 Once every year, a select group of nuclear, climate and technology experts assemble to determine where to place the hands of the Doomsday Clock. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-doomsday-clock-seconds-midnight-1.html Other Mon, 29 Jan 2024 06:16:33 EST news625731384 Allegations of research fakery at a leading cancer center have turned a spotlight on scientific integrity and the amateur sleuths uncovering image manipulation in published research. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-science-sleuths-technology-fakery-plagiarism.html Other Sun, 28 Jan 2024 12:32:41 EST news625667544 A poetry collection, a coming-of-age novel and a history of deep sea exploration are unlikely to be found in the same section of your favorite bookstore. But they all have enough in common to be this year's winners of Science + Literature awards, $10,000 prizes administered by the National Book Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-poetry-fiction-nonfiction-science-literature.html Other Wed, 24 Jan 2024 10:54:41 EST news625316076 The symbolic "Doomsday Clock" was held at 90 seconds to midnight Tuesday, reflecting existential threats to humanity posed by potential nuclear escalation from the war in Ukraine and the multiplying impacts of the climate crisis following Earth's hottest recorded year. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-doomsday-clock-seconds-midnight.html Other Tue, 23 Jan 2024 12:23:01 EST news625234974 There are fields of scientific research that involve neither vast cosmic phenomena nor extremely cute animals, but those are topics of high salience in Saturday Citations, and this week is no exception. And we'll probably play the odds and say next week won't be either. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-saturday-citations-cutest-conservationists-weird.html Other Sat, 20 Jan 2024 07:50:01 EST news624887136 Dr. Mark Lindsay was 5 years old when he first learned that tree trunks were brown. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-science-unseen-barriers.html Other Mon, 15 Jan 2024 12:33:54 EST news624544428 The Dark Energy Survey took an entire decade to produce a value for the cosmological constant—and it's smaller than you might think! There were other stories as well, including one about primeval black holes, and because I am inescapably drawn by the relentless gravity of black hole news, it's included below, along with two other stories related in one way or another to heads. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-saturday-citations-dark-energy-survey.html Other Sat, 13 Jan 2024 09:00:01 EST news624282090 Millions of people have experienced sexual violence and abuse in England and Wales, but many do not know where to go, or who to turn to afterward. The shame felt by victims and survivors of sexual violence can be reinforced by the responses of family members and others. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-survivors-sexual-assault.html Other Social Sciences Wed, 10 Jan 2024 12:10:01 EST news624107757 It's the futuristic year 2024! Where is the power loom that natural philosophers have been promising me? What's that? Edmund Cartwright already made one? In 1785? And it revolutionized industrial weaving? Sorry, it's been so long since the last Saturday post that I've completely lost track of the progress of science. Here are a few stories to launch into the new year. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-saturday-citations-honey-yields-unexpected.html Other Sat, 06 Jan 2024 09:00:01 EST news623677924 The UK government said on Wednesday it had dropped its plan to start selling in imperial measures after a consultation revealed 99 percent support for keeping the metric system. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-uk-retains-metric-overwhelming.html Other Wed, 27 Dec 2023 08:58:23 EST news622889900 Emerging from woods in a quiet corner of rural England, a small band of anti-foxhunting campaigners have just one goal: to confuse the pack of dogs chasing a fox and prevent its death. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-saboteurs-outfox-hunters-england-countryside.html Other Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:02:06 EST news622436518 We're all familiar with the jolly, white-haired and bearded overweight man who sneaks down chimneys on Christmas Eve delivering presents to children. But where did this come from? https://phys.org/news/2023-12-santa-claus.html Other Social Sciences Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:18:03 EST news622401482 Throughout the festive season, countless individuals delight in the enchantment of ballet spectacles such as "The Nutcracker." Though the stories of timeless performances are widely known, general audiences often miss the subtle narratives and emotions dancers seek to convey through body movements—and they miss even more when the narratives are not based on well-known stories. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-ballerinas-sensor-christmas-nuances-nutcracker.html Other Social Sciences Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:49:39 EST news622313376 Occam's razor—the principle that when faced with competing explanations, we should choose the simplest that fits the facts—is not just a tool of science. Occam's razor is science, insists a renowned molecular geneticist from the University of Surrey. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-occam-razor-essential-factor-distinguishes.html Other Tue, 19 Dec 2023 04:13:56 EST news622181634 This week, scientists reported on drinking beer, Saturnian expulsions, an ancient North American dog breed, and cats playing dogs' favorite game, fetch. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-saturday-citations-dogs-woolly-cats.html Other Sat, 16 Dec 2023 09:30:01 EST news621866912 Shane Palacat-Nelsen's voice drops to a reverent tone as he tells the story of the snow goddess Poliahu who Native Hawaiians believe inhabits the summit of Mauna Kea, the highest point in Hawaii. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-volcano-hawaii-big-island-sacred.html Other Wed, 13 Dec 2023 13:20:48 EST news621696041 It was a good year for research across multiple fields as a team at the University of Ottawa, working with colleagues Danilo Zia and Fabio Sciarrino, from the Sapienza University of Rome, demonstrated a novel technique to visualize the wave function of two entangled photons, the elementary particles that constitute light, in real time. This work that could lead to accelerated quantum technology advancements. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-year-articles.html Other Mon, 11 Dec 2023 06:50:01 EST news621172814 This week we look at migratory stars, communicative children and how to make the best cup of coffee, as well as examining some of the latest COVID advice. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-saturday-citations-extragalactic-stars-milky.html Other Sat, 09 Dec 2023 08:10:01 EST news621255842 Prisons are typically noisy environments, filled with clanking metal bars and echoing concrete surfaces. This level of constant noise is harmful to both prisoners and staff, but there are few guidelines for designing better, quieter facilities. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-exploring-acoustic-quieter-prisons.html Other Social Sciences Tue, 05 Dec 2023 22:40:02 EST news620993080