Government research bodies are going dark.
That’s in the “radio silence” sense, not in the sense of “shuttering their windows” or “turning bleak.” Not yet, anyway. Buzzfeed reported… Read the rest “Government research bodies are going dark.”
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SONG: By Numbers
SONG: “By Numbers.”
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE:Germany to probe Nazi-era medical science,” Science, 5 Jan 2017, as used in the post “Scientists start identifying… Read the rest “SONG: By Numbers”
Scientists start identifying the brains taken by Nazi researchers.
Science magazine reports on a new mission for German scientists, who are working to identify the human remains stored for study by Nazi euthanasia centers:
… Read the rest “Scientists start identifying the brains taken by Nazi researchers.”During World War II, as part of
Robot writer fools journals’ peer-review system.
Times Higher Education reveals the machines are moving beyond physical work and simple sorting, and can now fool academic gatekeepers with their composition skills… in article… Read the rest “Robot writer fools journals’ peer-review system.”
MRI Mulligan? 15 years of neuro research might just have been zapped.
Wired brings up the rather unpleasant prospect of a bug in MRI software invalidating 15 years of brain-scan results:
… Read the rest “MRI Mulligan? 15 years of neuro research might just have been zapped.”Three of the most popular pieces of software for fMRI – SPM, FSL and AFNI
…or maybe not.
From the Facebook desk of archaeologist Katie Rask (seconded by others) comes the following correction:
… Read the rest “…or maybe not.”From the world renowned Maya specialist and Linda Schele Professor of Mesoamerican
David Attenborough… and Subby McSubface
BBC has the final outcome of the Boaty McBoatface saga – the research vessel will be named after documentarist Sir David Attenborough, but will have a very special remote submersible… Read the rest “David Attenborough… and Subby McSubface”
Go ask Joe Palca a question.
Long-time science journalist Joe Palca (NPR, Science, Nature) will be answering questions at a Reddit AMA around 1pm today.
If you’ve got a question you need to have answered about… Read the rest “Go ask Joe Palca a question.”
Prostate drug tested as pedophilia treatment… in crowd-funded experiment.
Science has the convoluted story of the prostate-cancer drug that lowers testosterone levels enough that people are willing to try it as a cure for pedophilic impulses, with the help of … Read the rest “Prostate drug tested as pedophilia treatment… in crowd-funded experiment.”
Celebrating happy accidents with The Golden Mole
NPR’s Skunk Bear turns us on (in general, but specifically with this) observing the outsized influence of unanticipated consequences – singling out for awards all the times… Read the rest “Celebrating happy accidents with The Golden Mole”
Science Art: VII. Scientific Literature, by Finnish artists.
This is a chapter heading from the book Finland in the Nineteenth Century: by Finnish authors, illustrated by Finnish artists, published in 1894.
Reaching for the stars,… Read the rest “Science Art: VII. Scientific Literature, by Finnish artists.”
Obama tries to boost science funding on his way out.
Nature reports on the outgoing president’s attempt to boost research & development funding by a mandatory four percent:
… Read the rest “Obama tries to boost science funding on his way out.”With less than a year before he leaves office, US President
It’s a little reading robot for the whole wide internet.
New Scientist looks at the AI that’s been assigned the unenviable task of reading every scientific paper online and finding the important ones:
… Read the rest “It’s a little reading robot for the whole wide internet.”Semantic Scholar, which launches
Wrong Science. As if the p-hacking wasn’t bad enough…
Nature tackles the “reproducibility problem” – trying to find out why some WRONG things get published as being RIGHT, but also how exactly scientists get so good at … Read the rest “Wrong Science. As if the p-hacking wasn’t bad enough…”