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Support for the publication of unexpected results
€1,000 is offered as a bonus to researchers at the Berlin Institute of Health who publish negative results
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Photolab
Needle in a haystack
In this collage ultra-diffuse galaxies are shown by the faint white patches in the center of each square
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Data
Scientific publications by country: number of authors and number of articles
The 2020 State of US Science and Engineering report, published by the National Science Foundation, shows the number of scientific articles per country from 2000 to 2018
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Article retracted by Nobel Prize winner
Frances Arnold, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on the evolution of enzymes, announced on Twitter that her group was retracting a scientific article published last year
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Guidelines canceled after opioid crisis
The World Health Organization has announced the retraction of two guidelines on the use of opioidsfor pain control
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Genetics
A molecular lifespan clock
Biologists analyzed the genome of 252 animal species and found a genetic trait that they propose serves as a molecular clock for lifespan
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Communication
From science fair to published paper
The Canadian Science Fair Journal has published more than 50 scientific articles written by authors under the age of 18
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Technology
Contact lenses that monitor health
South Korean researchers have taken an important step towards creating a contact lens capable of measuring certain health parameters
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Genetics
The distinctive Habsburg Jaw
Successive marriages between close relatives may have been the genetic cause of the highly pronounced jawline among members of the Habsburg imperial line
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Zoology
Cooperation between parrots
Biologists have discovered possible evidence of cooperative behavior among birds that has previously only been observed in mammals
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Physiology
The orphans of the Romanian dictatorship
Adults who were deprived of food and social contact in their early years have smaller brains, according to a study
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Medicine
Marathons and the heart
The physical preparation for running a marathon for the first time can lower blood pressure and stiffen the aortic valve
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Visual arts
The prominent jugular of a tense David
Physician Daniel Gelfman, from Marian University, USA, noticed a detail in the monumental sculpture of David that few notice: the bulging jugular vein on the right side of the neck
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Research
New Brazilian Antarctic Station
Inaugurated on January 15, the new Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station has a modern design and can accommodate up to 64 people
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Photolab
A house in the trees
In the Amazon, bats of the Mesophylla genus sometimes sleep under large tree leaves
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Science olympics
A place for girls in mathematics
A girls-only competition seeks to create a more welcoming environment for female talent in the subject
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Video
Matamata, a bizarre turtle from Amazonia
The description of a new species may help fighting against illegal trafficking of these rainforest animals | 4'03
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Techniques in the search for a vaccine against Covid-19
Teams from several countries head projects seeking to produce imunizing agents in a short time
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How does deforestation relate to new pandemics?
See how environmental degradation can favor the emergence of unknown viruses and unleash diseases such as the one caused by the novel coronavirus.
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Video
How do rivers and floodplains influence species formation in Amazonia?
Throughout millenia, water bodies and landscape changes favor plant and animal diversification in the region
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Video
Predicting the spread of a disease
Altay de Souza, an epidemiologist and host of the podcast Naruhodo!, explain how the models which predict the coronavirus advance are built
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Video
A blue pigment from beets
How chemist Erick Bastos' team, from the Chemistry Institute of the University of São Paulo, created a natural dye with industrial potential | 2'48
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Video
These parrots use probability to get food
Biologist Amalia Bastos shows that birds from New Zealand can make calculations that so far only humans and chimpanzees were known to use
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Vídeo
Biologists uncover pollinating opossum
Almost 30 years after the suspicion was raised, discovery reduces the mystery of an unusual flower
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Data
Research funding at American universities
R&D expenditure at universities in the US has grown rapidly since 2015
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Punished after reporting colleagues
An investigation by the Canadian Association of University Teachers found that the leaders of Thompson Rivers University violated the academic freedom of one of its professors
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Retraction overview
A researcher at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at the University of Leiden, Netherlands, published a paper that gives a comprehensive overview of scientific articles retracted due to errors, bias, fraud, or plagiarism
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Archaeology
New glyphs found in the Peruvian desert
Archaeologists from Japan have identified 143 new drawings—or geoglyphs—of animals, plants, and people in the Nazca desert, near the coast of Peru
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