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AI-driven interviews with children may boost accuracy in witness accounts

In a first-of-its-kind study published in the journal PLOS ONE, an international team of researchers led by scholars from New York University Shanghai and Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland has explored the potential of […]

The hidden anatomy of The Kiss: Klimt’s red disks through a medical and artistic lens

Professor Im Joo Rhyu, director of the Korea University Graduate Program for Convergence & Translational Biomedicine and faculty member in the Department of Anatomy, led a study investigating the medical and artistic significance of the […]

Trump administration moves to fire hundreds of government scientists

The Trump administration plans to lay off hundreds of scientists and researchers from the U.S. federal government as part of drastic cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), lawmakers warned Tuesday.This article is brought to […]

Scientific misconduct is on the rise. But what exactly is it?

German anesthesiologist Joachim Boldt has an unfortunate claim to fame. According to Retraction Watch, a public database of research retractions, he is the most retracted scientist of all time. To date, 220 of his roughly […]

Fear at isolated Antarctica base as a man is accused of attacking a colleague and making threats

A member of a South African research team that is confined for more than a year at an isolated Antarctica base was put under psychological evaluation there after he allegedly assaulted and sexually harassed colleagues, […]

Young scientists see career pathways vanish as schools adapt to federal funding cuts

As an infant, Connor Phillips was born three months premature with cerebral palsy. The science that saved his life was the inspiration that led to his role studying brain processes as a research fellow at […]

Saturday Citations: A baffling discovery from Webb; the face of an early human; humans and dogs like to chill together

This week, we reported on the difficulty humans experience trying to read their dogs’ emotions. Researchers reported that male blue-lined octopuses paralyze females before mating with them to avoid being eaten. And physicists demonstrated quantum […]

New survey explores what people in South Africa expect of publicly visible scientists

Whether it’s an astronomical discovery, news of a previously undiscovered disease or a major report about climate change, science is often making headlines.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Revealing hidden Alfred Tennyson text using innovative imaging techniques

A new project led by Dr. Michael J Sullivan of the University of Oxford’s English Faculty has recovered never-before-seen text by Alfred Tennyson using a combination of imaging techniques to remove crossings out, marks and […]

Criminology scholar connects Cambodian temple trafficking to white-collar crime

Professor Simon Mackenzie from the School of Social and Cultural Studies recently published a paper in Crime, Law and Social Change about the dynamics of transnational crime and illegal global markets, exploring the movement of […]