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Natural History Museum of Utah hosted inaugural Women in Nature and Science event
Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47.
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Author & Illustrator Jason Chin brings science education to Abilene youth at NCCIL
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How a trial about the rights of nature led to the discovery of a hallucinogenic mushroom in Ecuador
It was September 2022. In an event room at the Rockefeller Foundation headquarters in New York City, a group of extraordinary people gathered, including philosophers, lawyers, scientists, writers, artists. They were brought together by the More Than Human Rights (MOTH) Project, an interdisciplinary initiative linked to NYU that promotes reflection on why the conception of…
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Climatologist Michael Mann wins defamation case: what it means for scientists
Michael Mann was responsible for the famous ‘hockey-stick graph’ depicting climate warming.Credit: James Ross/Australian Associated Press/Alamy US climate scientist Michael Mann has prevailed in a lawsuit that accused two conservative commentators of defamation for challenging his research and comparing him to a convicted child molester. A jury awarded Mann, who is based at the University…
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Religion 9 Most Sacred Sites From Around The Globe Grab your map, hat, and whip (we’re doing this Indiana Jones style). In today’s article, we’re searching for the 9 Most Sacred Sites from Around the Globe!
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US and China likely to delay renewal of key science pact again
US President Joe Biden (left) and China’s President Xi Jinping at an economic cooperation summit in California last year.Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty China and the United States will once again probably delay the renewal of a decades-old pact to cooperate on science and technology. The two nations have been negotiating for the past six months, but…
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Mirror-image molecules separated using workhorse of chemistry
The two enantiomers of thalidomide have different effects inside the body.Credit: Alfred Pasieka/SPL Chemists have shown it is possible to use mass spectrometry — a technique commonly used to identify molecules by mass — to separate chiral molecules, those that exist as different forms with identical atoms but mirror-image structures that can’t be superimposed on…
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Corvallis Science & Nature: Flowers, Stars, Gardens, and the CIA
Corvallis is a science city. Between the university and the various government agencies headquartered here, there are scientific talks and events just about every week of the year, and important scientific papers published from here at least as often. It’s also a nature city. We are privileged to live in a place that offers some…
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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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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…