This new dinosaur species was one odd duck

Leiden University professor Pieter Kroonenberg found the “phantom reference” in a nonexistent journal while hunting for an article on writing scientific articles, according to a post on the blog Retraction Watch. Middlesex University professor Anne-Wil Harzing dug into the issue and found that the article was …

I doubt it since you seem to be using the language of the article rather than the actual study linked in the citations section, and seem to be unaware of the fact that this fossil underwent several tests using X-ray machinery specifically to ensure that it’s a real fossil and not an Archaeoraptor chimera. (And as an …

US Nobel Laureate Fears US Politics Could Undermine Science. An American researcher who shared this year’s Nobel Prize for medicine has bluntly criticized political developments at home in his address at the awards’ gala banquet in Sweden. Dec. 11, 2017, at 3:51 a.m.. US Nobel Laureate Fears US Politics Could …

Robert Lechler, president of the Academy of Medical Sciences in London, said in a statement that he was “delighted” by the reassurance given to EU nationals in the United Kingdom. “This declaration provides much-needed assurance, allowing these people to make plans for their future with confidence.

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed … From an educational perspective, toys are an excellent way to engage all ages in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).

Consider the hamburger. Producing this staple of the U.S. diet takes 25 kilograms of animal feed, 25 square meters of land, and about 220 liters of water—all for four patties. Statistics like those have persuaded some scientists and environmental activists that eating less meat could have a big impact on …

One of the world’s largest collaborative science projects is about to enter its most exciting year yet. This will see researchers in a remote stretch of South Africa’s Karoo testing Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity; imaging neutral hydrogen – the building blocks for stars – in the distant universe; and …

That is why this week, three national scientific academies — the French Academy of Sciences, the German Leopoldina and the UK Royal Society — are issuing a joint … Similarly, impact factors tell us about a journal; they cannot be used as a measure of the quality of an individual article in that journal.

As the world’s leading spacefaring nations plan for their next big outpost in space — a successor to the International Space Station — scientists are drafting a wish list of experiments for the most remote human laboratory ever built. NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are hosting meetings to …

Ever feel like health news is too overwhelming, fast-paced, or hard to decipher? Us too. Here, we filter through the latest in integrative health, wellness trends, and nutrition advice, reporting on the most exciting and meaningful breakthroughs. We’ll tell you exactly what you need to know—and how it might …