Category: Science and Nature

  • Behavioural sciences need behavioural ecology

    Behavioural scientists want to see more consideration of context — so why are they not using tools derived from ecology, the science of all life in context? We invite behavioural scientists to align the science of human behaviour with that of behavioural ecology. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution Access…

  • Evidence

    Evidence

    6. S. Levitus, J. Antonov, T. Boyer, O Baranova, H. Garcia, R. Locarnini, A. Mishonov, J. Reagan, D. Seidov, E. Yarosh, M. Zweng, “NCEI ocean heat content, temperature anomalies, salinity anomalies, thermosteric sea level anomalies, halosteric sea level anomalies, and total steric sea level anomalies from 1955 to present calculated from in situ oceanographic subsurface…

  • Amateur Tampa fossil hunter finds ancient 4-foot tusk near Venice coast

    Amateur Tampa fossil hunter finds ancient 4-foot tusk near Venice coast

    Educators with Bradenton’s Bishop Museum of Science and Nature say such a tusk could be anywhere from 10,000 to millions of years old. VENICE, Fla. — A Tampa man made an incredible discovery while diving off the coast of Venice last month. While sifting through the sand, Alex Lundberg found a 4-foot mastodon tusk.  “This…

  • Corvallis Science & Nature: Slugs, Butterflies, Robots and More

    Corvallis Science & Nature: Slugs, Butterflies, Robots and More

    Whales along the West Coast have been having a tough couple of years. Humpback whales in particular are getting entangled in fishing lines more often than usual, leading to injuries and deaths. It also costs fishing fleets money, time and equipment. No one wants whales caught in lines meant for fish. So OSU’s Geospatial Ecology…

  • Scientists discover mindblowing ant city ‘equivalent to the Great Wall of China’

    Scientists discover mindblowing ant city ‘equivalent to the Great Wall of China’

    Editor’s note: This article was originally published on November 4, 2022. It has since been updated. In 2012, scientists discovered a remarkable underground ant city that had once been home to millions of insects, as shown in the documentary “Ants: Nature’s Secret Power.” This intricate network of roadways, pathways, and gardens was unearthed in Brazil,…

  • Shuffling haplotypes to share reference panels for imputation

    Shuffling haplotypes to share reference panels for imputation

    We present a method to alleviate re-identification risks behind sharing haplotype reference panels for imputation. In an anonymized reference panel, one might try to infer the genomes’ phenotypes to re-identify their owner. Our method protects against such attack by shuffling the reference panels genomes while maintaining imputation accuracy. This is a preview of subscription content,…

  • What does a scientist look like?

    What does a scientist look like?

    Where I Work is an award-winning photography feature from the journal Nature. It celebrates the many roles and types of research undertaken by scientists globally, and challenges stereotypical perceptions of what a scientist does and what they look like. A selection of the portraits is now on display as a free outdoor exhibition across King’s…

  • The art and science of gardening with nature

    The art and science of gardening with nature

    A no-dig garden is an efficient and artful way to extend the harvest. (Elizabeth Kaiser of Singing Frogs Farm) The Marin Master Gardeners’ no-dig edible demonstration garden is at the Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden. (Courtesy of Marin Master Gardeners) Cover crops of vetch and fava beans pictured in no-dig raised beds. (Photo by…

  • A comparative study of emotional narratives in Chinese science fiction: exploring the gender perspective

    A comparative study of emotional narratives in Chinese science fiction: exploring the gender perspective

    Abstract In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on women’s science fiction in China. A prevailing perception among readers and critics suggests that women’s sensibilities enable them to convey more nuanced emotions in their works. To examine this viewpoint within the realm of contemporary Chinese science fiction, a quantitative approach based on affective…

  • The impact of gender diversity on junior versus senior biomedical scientists’ NIH research awards

    The impact of gender diversity on junior versus senior biomedical scientists’ NIH research awards

    Unearthing within-group inequality in science funding and careers highlights a new mechanism explaining the disadvantages faced by younger generations of women scientists. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution Access options Access through your institution Change institution Buy or subscribe /* style specs start */ style{display:none!important}.LiveAreaSection-193358632 *{align-content:stretch;align-items:stretch;align-self:auto;animation-delay:0s;animation-direction:normal;animation-duration:0s;animation-fill-mode:none;animation-iteration-count:1;animation-name:none;animation-play-state:running;animation-timing-function:ease;azimuth:center;backface-visibility:visible;background-attachment:scroll;background-blend-mode:normal;background-clip:borderBox;background-color:transparent;background-image:none;background-origin:paddingBox;background-position:0 0;background-repeat:repeat;background-size:auto auto;block-size:auto;border-block-end-color:currentcolor;border-block-end-style:none;border-block-end-width:medium;border-block-start-color:currentcolor;border-block-start-style:none;border-block-start-width:medium;border-bottom-color:currentcolor;border-bottom-left-radius:0;border-bottom-right-radius:0;border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:medium;border-collapse:separate;border-image-outset:0s;border-image-repeat:stretch;border-image-slice:100%;border-image-source:none;border-image-width:1;border-inline-end-color:currentcolor;border-inline-end-style:none;border-inline-end-width:medium;border-inline-start-color:currentcolor;border-inline-start-style:none;border-inline-start-width:medium;border-left-color:currentcolor;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:medium;border-right-color:currentcolor;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:medium;border-spacing:0;border-top-color:currentcolor;border-top-left-radius:0;border-top-right-radius:0;border-top-style:none;border-top-width:medium;bottom:auto;box-decoration-break:slice;box-shadow:none;box-sizing:border-box;break-after:auto;break-before:auto;break-inside:auto;caption-side:top;caret-color:auto;clear:none;clip:auto;clip-path:none;color:initial;column-count:auto;column-fill:balance;column-gap:normal;column-rule-color:currentcolor;column-rule-style:none;column-rule-width:medium;column-span:none;column-width:auto;content:normal;counter-increment:none;counter-reset:none;cursor:auto;display:inline;empty-cells:show;filter:none;flex-basis:auto;flex-direction:row;flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:1;flex-wrap:nowrap;float:none;font-family:initial;font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-language-override:normal;font-size:medium;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-style:normal;font-synthesis:weight style;font-variant:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-weight:400;grid-auto-columns:auto;grid-auto-flow:row;grid-auto-rows:auto;grid-column-end:auto;grid-column-gap:0;grid-column-start:auto;grid-row-end:auto;grid-row-gap:0;grid-row-start:auto;grid-template-areas:none;grid-template-columns:none;grid-template-rows:none;height:auto;hyphens:manual;image-orientation:0deg;image-rendering:auto;image-resolution:1dppx;ime-mode:auto;inline-size:auto;isolation:auto;justify-content:flexStart;left:auto;letter-spacing:normal;line-break:auto;line-height:normal;list-style-image:none;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-block-end:0;margin-block-start:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-inline-end:0;margin-inline-start:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;mask-clip:borderBox;mask-composite:add;mask-image:none;mask-mode:matchSource;mask-origin:borderBox;mask-position:0 0;mask-repeat:repeat;mask-size:auto;mask-type:luminance;max-height:none;max-width:none;min-block-size:0;min-height:0;min-inline-size:0;min-width:0;mix-blend-mode:normal;object-fit:fill;object-position:50%…