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Most Buffalo: ‘Science After Hours Camp at Tifft Nature Preserve’
More Videos Most Buffalo: ‘Science After Hours Camp at Tifft Nature Preserve’ Author: wgrz.com Published: 4:58 PM EDT June 5, 2024 Updated: 4:58 PM EDT June 5, 2024
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Looking for a summer camp for adults? Head to Tifft Nature Preserve on Friday
The Science After Hours event is this Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. BUFFALO, N.Y. — For our Most Buffalo Story of the Day, 2 On Your Side is taking you to summer camp. It’s a summer camp for adults. Camp Flashback is this Friday night at Tifft Nature Preserve and promises to take…
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Interactive nature and science trail launches in Samford Valley
A new, interactive eco-trail has been opened by Queensland Chief Scientist, Professor Kerrie Wilson, in Samford Valley, north-west of Brisbane. The self-guided Engaging Science Trail, launched yesterday, is a joint initiative between QUT’s Samford Ecological Research Facility (SERF) and Australia’s Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN). Professor Kerrie Wilson Queensland Chief Scientist Professor Kerrie Wilson said…
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Samford Valley Debuts Interactive Nature, Science Trail
A new, interactive eco-trail has been opened by Queensland Chief Scientist, Professor Kerrie Wilson, in Samford Valley, north-west of Brisbane. The self-guided Engaging Science Trail, launched yesterday, is a joint initiative between QUT’s Samford Ecological Research Facility (SERF) and Australia’s Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN). Professor Kerrie Wilson Queensland Chief Scientist Professor Kerrie Wilson said…
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Big-team science does not guarantee generalizability
arising from K. Ruggeri et al. Nature Human Behaviour https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01392-w (2022) A new era of global ‘big-team science’ studies has transformed human behaviour research. These innovative studies rely on a large, distributed network of participants from different parts of the world and represent a substantial advancement over the average study in psychology that rarely goes…
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MDMA therapy for PTSD rejected by FDA panel
MDMA has been tested as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder but has now garnered a vote of no confidence from FDA advisors. Credit: DEA/Science Source/Science Photo Library In a decision that shocked some observers, key advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted that the effectiveness of the party drug MDMA for…
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China’s research clout leads to growth in homegrown science publishing
Over the past two decades, China has risen to become the world’s largest producer of scientific knowledge. According to Digital Science’s Dimensions database, last year there were almost 830,000 papers featuring researchers based in China, representing around 15% of the world’s 5.4 million articles. In 2022, the country overtook the United States in the Nature…
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China’s big-science bet
A staff member works at the construction site of the underground neutrino observatory in Jiangmen, China.Credit: Deng Hua/Xinhua/Alamy The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) near Guangdong in southern China is undoubtedly big science. Centred on a colossal sphere filled with 20,000 tonnes of liquid and housed in a subterranean laboratory some 700 metres deep, it…
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Chinese science still has room to grow
Strong potential Chemistry and physical sciences are clear areas of focus for China, accounting for 85% of the country’s total Share in the Nature Index in 2023*. But output in other subjects is growing fast. China’s adjusted Share in biological sciences increased by 15.8% from 2022 to 2023* — the highest percentage among the four…
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Denver Museum of Nature & Science working on special exhibit to show off T. rex fossil found by three boys in North Dakota
By Heather Hollingsworth/AP Two young brothers and their cousin were wandering through a fossil-rich stretch of the North Dakota badlands when they made a discovery that left them “completely speechless”: a T. rex bone poking out of the ground. The trio announced their discovery publicly Monday at a Zoom news conference as workers at the…
