Inside the Secretive World of Penile Enlargement ( www.propublica.org )
Do articles about medicine go in the Science community? Seemed like the best place for what I thought was a really well written article about this niche subject matter....
Cat noses and nasal structure function better than high-tech chemical analysis equipment ( www.earth.com )
The Misinformation Susceptibility Test (MIST): A psychometrically validated measure of news veracity discernment - Behavior Research Methods ( link.springer.com )
Monster gravitational waves spotted for first time ( www.nature.com )
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To Stay Sharp as You Age, Learn New Skills ( www.scientificamerican.com )
First misinformation susceptibility test finds 'very online' Gen Z and millennials are most vulnerable to fake news ( phys.org )
Researchers want the public to test themselves: https://yourmist.streamlit.app/. Selecting true or false against 20 headlines gives the user a set of scores and a "resilience" ranking that compares them to the wider U.S. population. It takes less than two minutes to complete.
A seed survival story: How trees keep 'friends' close and 'enemies' guessing ( phys.org )
Humans Are Predators of at Least One Third of All Vertebrate Species ( www.scientificamerican.com )
Bigger bottles keep champagne bubbly for decades - American Chemical Society ( www.acs.org )
McMaster University team discovers hormonal pathway that increases calorie burning during weight loss ( healthsci.mcmaster.ca )
Reports of Negative Interactions with Healthcare Providers among Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender-Expansive People assigned Female at Birth in the United States: Results from an Online Survey ( www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov )
National Geographic reportedly lays off its last staff writers ( www.theguardian.com )
Nineteen staffers affected, according to Washington Post, with celebrated magazine to end newsstand sales
I recently found a useful site for expert reactions to research publications ( www.sciencemediacentre.org )
cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/913220...
Worldwide survey kills the myth of ‘Man the Hunter’ ( www.science.org )
Women hunt in vast majority of foraging societies, upending old stereotypes
New flying gecko species reveals hidden biodiversity of northern India ( phys.org )
In a major discovery, scientists say space-time churns like a choppy sea ( www.washingtonpost.com )
"string theory lied to us and now science communication is hard" ( www.youtube.com )
Dr. Angela Collier plays the Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and talks at length about what went wrong with string theory, and how that affected science communication.
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