Red Light Myopia Therapy Can Injure Your Retina
Over the last few years, low-level red light (LLRL) therapy has become popular to control myopia, or nearsightedness, especially in…
Category: Science
Mystery of ‘very odd’ elasmosaur finally solved: fiercely predatory marine reptile is new species
A group of fossils of elasmosaurs — some of the most famous in North America — have just been formally…
Do we suffer ‘behavioural fatigue’ for pandemic prevention measures? – Mind Hacks
The Guardian recently published an article saying “People won’t get ‘tired’ of social distancing – and it’s unscientific to suggest…
Can a better ID system for authors, reviewers and editors reduce fraud? STM thinks so – Retraction Watch
Unverifiable researchers are a harbinger of paper mill activity. While journals have clues to identifying fake personas — lack of…
Crowdsourced Geospatial Data Will Mean A ‘Seismic Shift’
Astronomy has long been dominated by expert amateurs but with geospatial data everywhere, thanks to widely available internet and smartphones, it…
The Last Word On Nothing
This coming Monday is the new moon, which means by tonight we are in the soup. There’s nothing to block…
New ketamine study promises extended relief for depression
Roughly 10 percent of the U.S. population is afflicted with major depressive disorder at any given time, and up to…
Pandemonium’s friendly demons – Mind Hacks
Oliver Selfridge was an early pioneer of artificial intelligence, and in 1959 wrote a classic paper outlining a system by…
Correction finally issued seven years after authors promise fix ‘as soon as possible’ – Retraction Watch
A journal has finally issued a correction following a seven-year-old exchange on PubPeer in which the authors promised to fix…
Curiosity Found New Carbon Molecules On Mars. What Does It Mean For Alien Life?
Nasa’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The discovery is…