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Study finds engagement journalism training reduced ‘horse race’ political coverage, boosted more substantive content

News outlets across the country have been making efforts to engage more deeply with their communities and enhance transparency in their reporting. New research from the University of Kansas has found that journalism engagement training […]

Investigators are increasingly using technology in conflict-related sexual assault cases

In the last two weeks of February, humanitarian agencies reported 895 cases of conflict-related rape as M23 rebels advanced through the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to a United Nations High Commissioner for […]

Saturday Citations: Is the universe a computational process? Plus: Psychological benefits of gaming

This week, researchers uncovered the negative pressure mechanisms plants use to communicate stress. Linguists found that the melody of spoken language in English functions as its own, distinct language. And there was also depressing news! […]

Scientists sound alarm as Trump reshapes US research landscape

From cancer cures to climate change, President Donald Trump’s administration has upended the American research landscape, threatening the United States’ standing as a global science leader and sowing fear over jobs and funding.This article is […]

How a 19th-century treaty shaped the modern world’s measurements

On May 20, 1875, delegates from a group of 17 countries gathered in Paris to sign what may be the most overlooked yet globally influential treaty in history: the Metre Convention.This article is brought to […]

Saturday Citations: An exoplanetary biosignature; the diplomacy of body odor; personalities of bees

This week, the Curiosity rover found large carbon deposits on Mars, suggesting an ancient carbon cycle. Researchers exploring the domestication of cats believe they may have originally pounced out of Tunisia. And researchers in Michigan […]

First US ‘refugee scientists’ to arrive in France in weeks: university

The first researchers fleeing US spending cuts imposed by President Donald Trump will start work at a French university in June, officials said Thursday.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Scottish rowing brothers aim for record-breaking Pacific crossing

Three Scottish brothers have embarked on a mammoth journey from Peru hoping to set a record time for rowing across the Pacific Ocean.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Saturday Citations: Huge eruptions from a black hole; the largest-ever functional brain map; origins of human musicality

This week, researchers reported a brain circuit linked to the intensity of political behavior. Microbiologists found that the 2018 eruption of the Kīlauea volcano drove a rare, massive summertime phytoplankton bloom, the largest ever recorded […]

Walking on two legs may explain human musicality and language, argues research

The fact that humans walk on two legs is likely the reason we have developed our rhythmic, musical, and linguistic abilities, suggests new research by physician and researcher Matz Larsson.This article is brought to you […]