2023 Guide to Uncontacted Tribes: Advocating for Indigenous land Rights — Ultra Unlimited ( www.ultra-unlimited.com )
cross-posted from: discuss.tchncs.de/post/5481337...
Software Horror Game ( discuss.tchncs.de )
'Not of faculty quality': How Penn mistreated Nobel Prize-winning researcher Katalin Karikó ( www.thedp.com )
In the discussion I read elsewhere, people wondered if the way funds are granted would change and advocated for it. I don’t think a system that can say they profit greatly from the status quo will ever care. I also remember how public funding were denied to researchers and then cut without all of it being used.
Professor plagiarizes prostate cancer imaging review paper and blames ghost writer. ( retractionwatch.com )
One isn’t much better than the other lol
Revealed: the industry figures behind ‘declaration of scientists’ backing meat eating ( www.theguardian.com )
A public statement signed by more than 1,000 scientists in support of meat production and consumption has numerous links to the livestock industry[.]...
For the first time, scientists have found evidence of menopause in wild chimpanzees ( www.abc.net.au )
Urine samples collected from wild chimpanzees in Uganda over decades have revealed older female chimps undergo hormonal changes much like those in menopausal humans.
What is the radius of the hydrogen atom? - ACollierAstro ( yt.artemislena.eu )
Droplet slipperiness despite surface heterogeneity at molecular scale ( scitechdaily.com )
Researchers have developed a new mechanism to make water droplets slip off surfaces, described in a paper published in Nature Chemistry. The discovery challenges existing ideas about friction between solid surfaces and water and opens up a new avenue for studying droplet slipperiness at the molecular level. The new technique has...
Sexual harassment and stereotyping: How coastal sciences are failing women in the field ( phys.org )
Do we live in a computer simulation like in The Matrix? Proposed new law of physics backs up the idea ( phys.org )
The simulated universe theory implies that our universe, with all its galaxies, planets and life forms, is a meticulously programmed computer simulation. In this scenario, the physical laws governing our reality are simply algorithms. The experiences we have are generated by the computational processes of an immensely advanced...
Scientists close the cycle on recycling mixed plastics ( phys-org.cdn.ampproject.org )
Scientists deliberately gave women Zika — here’s why ( www.nature.com )
Kids Keep Eating Magnets, And Surgeons Say There's Only 1 Way to Stop It ( www.sciencealert.com )
Research repository arXiv receives $10M for upgrades ( news.cornell.edu )
Federal forecasters predict warm, wet US winter but less snow because of El Nino, climate change ( phys.org )
are there any good books on D-branes worth purchasing?
The title says it all, have any of you found a book on D-branes worth recommending?
Tumor-destroying sound waves receive FDA approval for liver treatment in humans | University of Michigan News ( news.umich.edu )
Technique developed at the University of Michigan-histotripsy- provides a noninvasive alternative to surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer. Histotripsy works by using targeted ultrasound waves for killing tumor cells. Beyond tumor destruction, the technique may also activate the immune system against cancer...
Forgotten Antibiotic From Decades Past May Be a Superbug Killer ( www.sciencealert.com )
Man gets rare 'shiitake dermatitis' from undercooked mushrooms ( www.livescience.com )
BlackBerry to open cybersecurity centre in Malaysia ( www.freemalaysiatoday.com )
Political independents found to be more negative than partisans: Study ( phys.org )
One of my favourite Carl Sagan videos ( www.youtube.com )
If science could ever have been said to have a prophet… Carl Sagan was that man. All his words of warning and wisdom now seem even more disregarded than when he was with us. In a way I am sort of glad he dind’t have to witness these last 27 years to see how badly most everyone missed, or dismissed his entire lifes message.
‘Abortion tests’ developed in Poland spark concern ( www.nature.com )
When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media ( bfi.uchicago.edu )
working paper link here. the below is taken from the brief on this paper....