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Heal your broken heart with science — plus ice cream and good wine
Anyone who’s experienced the heartbreak of a relationship ending knows it can be emotionally devastating. But scientists have found that a breakup also has physical effects on our brains — and our bodies. In Love Hurts: The Science of Heartbreak, a documentary from The Nature of Things, Anthony Morgan speaks with researchers and scientists to…
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Fake research papers flagged by analysing authorship trends
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From the lab to a career in behavioural science
Nature Reviews Psychology is interviewing individuals with doctoral degrees in psychology who pursued non-academic careers. We spoke with David Thomson about his journey from postdoctoral fellow to vice president of strategy at a management consulting firm. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution Access options Access through your institution Change institution…
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Cyberattacks on knowledge institutions are increasing: what can be done?
A statue of Isaac Newton greets visitors to the British Library. As Warden and later Master of the Royal Mint (1696–1727), Newton was involved in the prosecution of financial crimes.Credit: SSPL/Getty It has been more than three months since the British Library’s staff and users awoke to the news that its computer systems had been…
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Ann Arbor OKs $250,000 for Leslie Science and Nature Center playscape project
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor is putting $250,000 toward construction of a new nature playscape at the Leslie Science and Nature Center on Traver Road. City Council voted to approve the allocation Monday night, Feb. 5, for the project several years in the making. The center has been working with the community and city…
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Fred Allendorf: Science and nature: Cats are adorable killers
FRED ALLENDORF When Montanans think of predators, we usually think of wolves, coyotes, or mountain lions. However, domestic cats are skillful predators that kill billions of animals each year in the United States. Although this carnage is largely invisible, it has a major effect on many species. Cats are responsible for 72% of all bird…
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Why the mental cost of a STEM career can be too high for women and people of colour
After growing up on the tiny Caribbean islands of Aruba and Grenada, I entered my first collegiate chemistry laboratory in the late 1970s, at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York. I was so excited that I felt like I was floating. But there was no one like me in the class. The professor was…
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EU unveils controversial climate target: what scientists think
The European Commission has unveiled an ambitious climate target for 2040 — aiming to cut net greenhouse-gas emissions by 90% compared with 1990 levels. Researchers say that the goal, although admirable, risks relying too much on technologies such as carbon removal — which is largely unproven — rather than prioritizing the cutting of fossil-fuel use.…
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Aula Verde (tree room) as a link between art and science to raise public awareness of nature-based solutions
Abstract Nature-based solutions inherently require a multifaceted perspective that encompasses diverse fields. The aim of this project is to develop more effective nature-based solutions, climate action and environmental awareness by breaking down boundaries between disciplines and fostering a co-creative process. Concepts of ecology and urban forestry were combined with the research on political ecology, environmental…
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CERN’s supercollider plan: $17-billion ‘Higgs factory’ would dwarf LHC
Europe is pushing forwards with plans to build a 91-kilometre-long, 15-billion-swiss-franc (US$17-billion) supercollider underneath the French and Swiss countryside. The machine would allow researchers to study the Higgs boson in detail. But scientists are under pressure to convince funders that such an enormous investment is worth it, following the lack of new physics revealed by…