Human brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps researchers better understand how both work ~science Article 572 words 6 votes
Researcher calls out misuse of research in book on American white rural rage - suggests resentment over rage ~misc politics Article 25 votes
Researchers show that introduced tardigrade proteins can slow metabolism in human cells ~science biology.molecular Article 478 words 11 votes
Black LGBTQ+ youth need spaces that embrace them fully, researchers say ~lgbt transgender Article 908 words 7 votes
Google’s retiring of Internet archiving tool draws ire of China researchers ~tech google internet Article 857 words 18 votes
What one researcher learned studying grizzlies for nearly forty years ~enviro conservation Article 1853 words, published Jan 31 2024 8 votes
Researchers reveal lost library of Charles Darwin for the first time ~books libraries Article 10 votes
Researchers find response to ketamine depends on opioid pathways, but varies by sex ~science medicine Article 707 words, published Oct 19 2023 10 votes
Citation cartels help some mathematicians—and their universities—climb the rankings ~science mathematics Link 8 votes
Researchers were able to isolate the brain from the rest of the body of a pig, and kept it alive and functioning for five hours ~science Link 59 votes
Hackers can infect network-connected wrenches to install ransomware, researchers say ~tech security.cyber Article 493 words 28 votes
Reindeer combine sleeping and digesting, Norwegian researchers found after extracting reindeer brain data ~science biology Article 484 words 9 votes
A new AI model can predict human lifespan, researchers say. They want to make sure it’s used for good. ~health Link 13 votes
Largest dataset powering AI images removed after discovery of Child Sexual Abuse Materials ~tech google Article 3947 words 27 votes
In Indonesia, humanity’s oldest art is flaking away. Can scientists save it? ~humanities.history Article 12 votes
Floral time travel: Flowers were more diverse 100 million years ago than they are today ~enviro Article 673 words, published Nov 30 2023 12 votes
Can a social media post change public opinion? Researchers weigh in. ~tech social media Article 14 votes
Inside OpenAI, a rift between billionaires and altruistic researchers unravelled over the future of artificial intelligence ~tech Article 3025 words 20 votes
Thirty-nine volumes of the Swedish Academy Dictionary stand as Sweden's answer to the Oxford English Dictionary. And it's just been sent to the printers after 140 years. ~humanities.languages Article 382 words 18 votes
Researchers develop new mechanism to create water-repellent surfaces ~science chemistry Article 696 words 7 votes
Researchers have designs on better women’s hockey protective gear ~sports.hockey Article 334 words 11 votes
Researchers use AI to read from 2000 year old Herculaneum scroll ~humanities.history Article 2209 words 12 votes
Denmark's first Viking queen was likely more powerful than the king, research finds ~humanities.history Article 77 words 14 votes
Anti-COVID drug may have led to virus mutations: study ~science medicine biology.molecular Article 744 words 10 votes
Your NFTs are actually — finally — totally worthless ~finance cryptocurrency Article 520 words 46 votes
Recent neuroscience research suggests that popular strategies to control dopamine are based on an overly narrow view of how it functions ~science medicine Article 1036 words 17 votes
38TB of data accidentally exposed by Microsoft AI researchers ~tech microsoft Article 2179 words 14 votes
US researchers employed by federal Housing and Urban Development agency propose study re comparative effectiveness of cash grants vs current system of vouchers for housing assistance ~life housing.affordable Article 1623 words 15 votes
‘Our ability to forsee the future and review the past predisposes us to mental illness’ ~health.mental Article 2110 words, published Sep 7 2023 17 votes
Obituary: Remembering Doug Lenat (1950–2023) and his quest to capture the world with logic ~tech Article 2132 words, published Sep 5 2023 12 votes
Archeologists in Norway found an arrow that was likely trapped in ice for 4,000 years ~humanities.history Article 414 words 11 votes
Google removes fake Signal and Telegram apps hosted on Play ~tech google.play Article 794 words 27 votes
Ig Nobel Prize winner Higashiyama Atsuki and the “Between-Legs Effect” mystery ~science Article 1908 words, published Aug 17 2023 40 votes
2,400-year-old baskets still filled with fruit found in submerged Egyptian city ~humanities.history Article 623 words 26 votes
Researchers engineer bacteria that can detect tumor DNA (in mice) ~science biology medicine Article 208 words 6 votes
Charles Henry Turner’s insights into animal behavior were a century ahead of their time ~science Article 1976 words 4 votes
Butterfly flight inspired researchers to explore new ways to create force and electricity ~engineering Link 10 votes
Medical researchers report that the workers who make quartz countertops are dying of lung disease at a young age ~health Article 883 words 31 votes
Researchers are trying to unravel the mystery of snow that falls but never shows up in the Colorado river ~enviro Article 1183 words, published Jul 21 2023 13 votes
How far will salmon swim for a craft beer? In Oregon, researchers hope a surprising aroma will lure stray salmon back to their home hatcheries. ~enviro Article 901 words 11 votes
By selectively breeding forty generations of silver fox over the course of sixty years, researchers managed to make them as friendly as dogs ~science biology Article 3265 words, published Dec 7 2018 64 votes