Category: Science and Nature

  • Big-team science does not guarantee generalizability

    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…

  • MDMA therapy for PTSD rejected by FDA panel

    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…

  • China’s research clout leads to growth in homegrown science publishing

    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…

  • Denver Museum of Nature & Science working on special exhibit to show off T. rex fossil found by three boys in North Dakota

    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…

  • Superfast Microsoft AI is first to predict air pollution for the whole world

    Superfast Microsoft AI is first to predict air pollution for the whole world

    An artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by Microsoft can accurately forecast weather and air pollution for the whole world — and it does it in less than a minute. The model, called Aurora, is one of a slew of AI weather-forecasting tools being developed by tech giants, including GraphCast from Google DeepMind in London and…

  • ZDF Studios takes Big Media’s Wild Science nature series

    ZDF Studios takes Big Media’s Wild Science nature series

    Wild Science from Big Media goes into production next month NEWS BRIEF: New York-based factual prodco and channel provider Big Media (Fatal Engineering) and Germany’s ZDF Studios are producing a new nature series called Wild Science. The 8×60’ series is scheduled to go into production next month and focuses on the science behind wild animals,…

  • Integrating computational and experimental worlds

    Integrating computational and experimental worlds

    Dr Kelly Ruggles, associate professor at New York University Langone Health, discusses with Nature Computational Science how she uses computational approaches to gain insights into cancer, inflammation and cardiovascular disease, as well as the importance of mentorship. Download PDF Credit: Courtesy of NYU Langone Health What has your career trajectory been like? I have taken…

  • This curvy cloud like museum in China features climate-conscious design

    This curvy cloud like museum in China features climate-conscious design

    Innovation MAD’s Hainan Science Museum, slated for completion in 2025, offers an innovative blend of design and functionality tailored for Hainan’s tropical climate. Updated: Jun 01, 2024 12:45 PM EST 33 minutes ago Hainan Science Museum. China Construction Eight Engineering Division Corp. World-renowned architecture studio MAD Architects has shared new construction photos of their Hainan…

  • What is science? Tech heavyweights brawl over definition

    What is science? Tech heavyweights brawl over definition

    NEWS 31 May 2024 AI pioneer Yann LeCun and Elon Musk went head-to-head in a debate about modern research that drew thousands of comments. By Fred Schwaller Fred Schwaller .readcube-buybox { display: none !important;} If you do research and don’t publish it, is it science? That’s the question at the heart of an ongoing debate…

  • Daily briefing: If you do research and don’t publish it, is it science?

    Daily briefing: If you do research and don’t publish it, is it science?

    Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The surgery to implant a genetically modified pig’s liver into the 71-year-old man lasted 8 hours.Credit: David Tadevosian/Shutterstock Pig liver recipient ‘doing very well’ A 71-year-old man has become the first living person to receive a…