Cannabis Science Groundbreaking Cancer Research Skyrockets …
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Cannabis Science Groundbreaking Cancer Research Skyrockets With More Views Than 95% of All Frontiers Articles; Research Team Begins Evaluating Commercialization Options …
Science needs to redefine excellence
Nature.com–Feb. 21, 2018
Excellence is everywhere in science. Or that seems to be the plan: to make excellence ubiquitous in research. This month, the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, became the latest academic institution to encourage its scientists to excel, setting up a Regional Centre for Research Excellence …
No, Time magazine, marriage is NOT a science – it’s a mindset
Fox News–Feb. 20, 2018
Time magazine is boasting the bold title “The Science of Marriage,” in a special edition on shelves until April. The cover teases articles that promise to help you keep love alive and make your marriage stand the test of time. While advice and tips can be helpful, the success of a marriage can’t be boiled down …
Italian election leaves science out in the cold
Nature.com–Feb. 20, 2018
As campaigning ahead of Italy’s national election enters its final weeks, researchers in the country fear that budget cuts and declining interest in science will only continue — whatever the outcome of the vote on 4 March. A complex coalition government is likely to emerge. The country’s traditional centre-left …
New fossils are redefining what makes a dinosaur
Science News–15 hours ago
The slender, 2-meter-long reptile ran on all fours and lived 245 million years ago, about 10 million to 15 million years before scientists think dinosaurs first appeared. Nesbitt, a ….. This article appears in the March 3, 2018 issue of Science News with the headline, “What makes a dinosaur? Defining what’s …
China Declared World’s Largest Producer of Scientific Articles
Scientific American–Jan. 23, 2018
The agency’s report, released on January 18, documents the United States’ increasing competition from China and other developing countries that are stepping up their investments in science and technology. Nonetheless, the report suggests that the United States remains a scientific powerhouse, pumping …
Martians welcome: Studies find people cheer—not fear—the …
Science Magazine–Feb. 17, 2018
In the final study, Varnum’s group gathered the reactions of more than 500 different participants to newspaper articles. They gave one group a New York Times articledescribing evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars, and the other group read a New York Times article that claimed scientists had …
Japanese researchers say science-budget hike isn’t enough
Nature.com–Feb. 6, 2018
Each year Japan’s Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI) compiles the country’s total science spending, following the release of individual ministry budgets by the finance ministry in December. The year’s boost of 250.4 billion yen comes after minimal growth in the science budget since the …
What will it take to go to Venus?
Science News–Feb. 13, 2018
BLUE MARBLE From the outside, you would never know how hostile Venus’ surface is. This false-color image of Venus from the Akatsuki spacecraft shows a cloud-covered atmosphere as complex and dynamic as Earth’s. Damia Bouic/DARTS/ISAS/JAXA. Email. Email. Print. Print. Twitter. Twitter. Facebook.
Why science blogging still matters
Nature.com–Feb. 1, 2018
Science blogs have been around since the early 2000s, and in recent years the ‘microblogging’ platform Twitter and other social-media channels, which require less time to maintain than does a full blog, threatened to make them obsolete. But some scientists are keeping the practice alive, and it continues …
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