Month: October 2021

Two major research funders in China have conducted a spate of misconduct investigations, punishing at least 23 scientists for using ‘paper mills’ — businesses that produce sham manuscripts, including fake…

Erica Gillis managed research at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic.Credit: Erica Gillis Erica Gillis is committed to fostering connections between scientists and local community…

It was the ants, first of all. Little sugar ants, nothing stinging or biting. Not an insect you’d notice on their own — although they so rarely showed up on…

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Data reporting No statistical methods were used to predetermine sample size. Data collection was performed by independent investigators. Prior to data analysis, all experiments were randomized and analysed by independent…

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Robot challenge. Eight teams competed in the final of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge, a competition run by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that put autonomous robots through their…

The kids are not OK Climate change is causing distress, anger and other negative emotions in children and young people worldwide, according to a survey of thousands of 16- to…

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope being prepared for shipment to its launch site.Credit: Chris Gunn/NASA NASA has decided not to rename its soon-to-be-launched flagship observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope…

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