Category: Science

I have never fallen into quicksand, but like most people, I have been anxious about it at least several times…

A new study has provided fresh insights into how animals such as the woolly mammoth, musk ox and arctic fox…

Clarivate will no longer include citations to and from retracted papers when calculating journal impact factors, the company announced today. …

Imagine trying to cope with a pandemic like COVID-19 in a world where microscopic life was unknown. Prior to the…

The expression of symptoms of viral infections is a byproduct of complex virus-host molecular pathways. These remain largely unknown, especially…

Spaced repetition is a memory hack. We know that spacing out your study is more effective than cramming, but using…

We write plenty of stories about lengthy investigations and long wait times for retractions. So we are always glad when we…

When I pull into the boat ramp parking lot, it’s just after midnight. It should be deserted. Nobody goes night…

A new international study led by researchers at Tulane University shows that the El Niño and La Niña climate patterns…

Psychologists have been measuring reaction times since before psychology existed, and they are still a staple of cognitive psychology experiments…