A tool called Funding the Frontier visualizes all the downstream impacts of funding — and predicts which studies will have ...
Outlining the trial-and-error processes that are involved in every research project could help others to become more ...
Some instances of this fakery have been met with hilarity as the images were so bad they would fool no one who gave them more ...
The Guam Department of Agriculture has achieved a scientific milestone with the publication of its first peer-reviewed ...
Thousands of scientific papers are retracted every year because of fraudulent activity, with both authors and journals gaming ...
It's a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across ...
Worried about climate change? Here's what the science shows are the most effective things you can do, beyond just cutting ...
A new analysis shows how shortcuts, paper mills, and pay-to-publish outlets have shaped where math studies appear.
Rock Art Discovery Reveals Unknown Arabian Nomads from 12,000 Years Ago Camels in ancient Arabia may have led ...
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The Life, Loss and Lore of the Sea Mink

It might be among the first mammals to go extinct in North America after colonization. But can scientists prove it was even a ...
Beijing has a track record of only promising what it plans to deliver. But too often the world’s attention is elsewhere.
A fresh analysis of old data has found rich organic chemistry within the hidden ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus ...