The case against Charles Darwin: How the investigation into a grisly murder shocked 19th-century France and framed the scientist as an accomplice ~humanities.history Article 1841 words 8 votes
Those who read a lot of fiction shown to have improved cognitive abilities ~science Article 483 words 24 votes
I understand climate scientists’ despair – but stubborn optimism may be our only hope ~enviro climate change Article 897 words 26 votes
‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair ~enviro climate change Article 3195 words 63 votes
Argentine scientists find speedy ninety-million-year-old herbivore dinosaur ~science Article 356 words 12 votes
Hawai'ian scientist quests to find and save the state's native sugarcanes ~food Article 1306 words 9 votes
Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects may be sentient ~enviro Article 1200 words 43 votes
Scientists discover hundreds of unique species in Africa’s newest ecoregion ~enviro Article 951 words 11 votes
Nobel Prize-winning phycisist Peter Higgs died at 94. About sixty years ago he proposed the Higgs Boson, an elememtary particle essential in describing mass in the Standard Model of particle physics. ~science physics.particle Link 28 votes
Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94 ~science physics.particle Article 359 words 27 votes
Sulfur dioxide pumped out by the erupting volcano on Iceland is currently traveling across northern Europe – scientists concerned it could impact the ozone layer ~enviro Link 9 votes
Swedish land owner wins legal battle to keep 14kg meteorite – appeals court ruled that such rocks should be considered “immovable property” and part of the land where they are found ~space Article 324 words 23 votes
Scientific research suggests it might be a good idea to add python to your diet ~food diet meat Article 471 words, published Mar 15 2024 20 votes
Scientists studied how cicadas pee. Their insights could shed light on fluid dynamics. ~science biology Article 1104 words 7 votes
Classic classroom toy 'dippy bird' inspires scientists to build electricity generator ~engineering Link 9 votes
Colorado Bureau of Investigation finds DNA scientist manipulated data in hundreds of cases over decades ~science Article 31 votes
Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America ~science Article 462 words 28 votes
Indexing the information age - Over a weekend in 1995, a small group gathered in Ohio to unleash the power of the internet by making it navigable ~tech Article 3050 words 13 votes
Scientists make breakthrough discovery while experimenting with urine ~tech Article 371 words 21 votes
Researchers reveal lost library of Charles Darwin for the first time ~books libraries Article 10 votes
'Cliff-like' collapse of critical current system more likely than thought: study ~enviro Article 1665 words 28 votes
Norway hit by hurricane-force winds – is climate change making Europe's extreme storms worse? ~enviro climate change Link 12 votes
Scientists document first-ever transmitted Alzheimer’s cases, tied to no-longer-used medical procedure ~health medicine Article 1396 words 28 votes
Efficiency asymmetry: Scientists report fundamental asymmetry between heating and cooling ~science Article 1206 words 17 votes
Uncovering the forgotten female astronomers of Yerkes Observatory ~space astronomy Article 1260 words, published Jan 9 2024 15 votes
Norway's decision to permit exploratory deep-sea extraction of valuable minerals breaks a promise to the other nations on the Ocean Panel and to scientists ~enviro Article 849 words 14 votes
Scientist cited [by Christopher Rufo to make allegations of plagiarism] in push to oust Harvard’s Claudine Gay has links to eugenicists ~life education.higher Article 1794 words 10 votes
Icelandic scientists are planning to drill two boreholes to a reservoir of liquid rock – world's first tunnel to a magma chamber ~enviro energy.renewable Article 282 words 16 votes
Scientists attempt to explain “magic islands” on Saturn’s largest moon ~space Article 386 words 6 votes
French wild pansies are producing smaller flowers and less nectar than twenty to thirty years ago, study shows ~enviro Article 807 words, published Dec 20 2023 25 votes
Scientists hail new antibiotic that can kill drug-resistant bacteria ~health medicine Article 631 words 13 votes
Scientists explain why ‘doing your own research’ leads to believing conspiracies ~tech google Article 42 votes
Stop planting trees, says guy who inspired world to plant a trillion trees ~enviro Article 552 words, published Dec 13 2023 27 votes
In Indonesia, humanity’s oldest art is flaking away. Can scientists save it? ~humanities.history Article 12 votes
99% of the world’s bananas are threatened by a fungus. To save them, scientists are turning to genetic modification. ~food Article 77 words 24 votes
Scientists have found a ‘sleeping giant’ of environmental problems: Earth is getting saltier ~enviro pollution.water pollution.ground Article 942 words, published Oct 31 2023 35 votes
The Australian scientist who tried to raise the alarm about climate change asks himself "Where did I go wrong?" ~enviro climate change Article 1397 words 17 votes
Norse Atlantic Airways successfully completed the world's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight to Antarctica, carrying scientists and essential research equipment to the continent ~transport Article 618 words 11 votes
Deep in the Arctic permafrost, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is protecting Africa's food supply ~science biology Article 1329 words 12 votes
Scientists: Indonesian pyramid may date to 14000 BC, rewriting human history ~humanities.history Article 670 words 22 votes
Scientists are researching a device that can induce lucid dreams on demand ~tech Article 1333 words, published Nov 3 2023 33 votes
Scientists in Sweden have succeeded in extracting and sequencing RNA molecules from an extinct species, a century old Tasmanian tiger known as a thylacine ~science biology Article 321 words 16 votes
Swarm of earthquakes in Iceland heralds next volcanic eruption – scientists say rise in seismic activity confirms south-west region is in buildup phase ~enviro Article 313 words 11 votes
'Not of faculty quality': How Penn mistreated Katalin Karikó, the Nobel Prize winner of 2023 ~science medicine Article 1613 words 25 votes