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Pokémon turns 30 — how the fictional pocket monsters shaped science
Pokémon has been an inspiration for researchers since its creation 30 years ago.Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty On 27 February 1996, Japanese…
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Health effects linger 20 generations after rats are exposed to fungicide
Rats that had ancestors who had been exposed to a fungicide experienced health problems. Credit: Kseniia Glazkova/Alamy Exposure to a…
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Historically Black US universities chase top research ranking
Karl Thompson is a microbiologist at Howard University in Washington DC and the director of its graduate programme for biomedical…
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Five ways increased militarization could change scientific careers
Ukrainian soldiers test drones in Donetsk, Febuary 2025.Credit: Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Military budgets are growing, especially in…
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Nanoscience is latest discipline to embrace large-scale replication efforts
Credit: Olga Yastremska/Alamy Calling nanoscientists: your field needs you to try to replicate a landmark finding that quantum dots can…
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How AI slop is causing a crisis in computer science
AI slop is flooding computer science journals and conferences.Credit: Quality Stock/Alamy Fifty-four seconds. That’s how long it took Raphael Wimmer…
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Hunter-gatherers took refuge in European ‘water world’ for millennia
The Bell Beaker culture, named after a type of ceramic vessel, arose in Europe from around 2800 BC.Credit: Lanmas/Alamy A…
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US grant applicants surge at prestigious European research agency
Money could become harder to come by for European scientists if the overall European Research Council pot does not dramatically…
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NASA’s latest telescope is a feat of early-career leadership
Pandora’s launch marks a first for many of the scientists and engineers involved in the mission.Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight…
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China’s relationship with foreign scientific powers is changing rapidly
A new study shows most elite researchers in China remained in the country over the course of their careers.Credit: An…
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