Month: November 2021
75 posts
A provocative proposal: sell fishing rights in protected seas to prevent poaching | Science
Marine protected areas can be a victim of their own success. By banning or restricting fishing within their…
How one society rebounded from ‘the worst year to be alive’ | Science
It was the worst time to be alive, according to some scientists. From 536 C.E. to 541 C.E.,…
Venice’s barrier against rising seas could jeopardize city’s ecosystem | Science
To combat a growing flood risk, Venice, Italy, has spent billions of euros to build three barriers that…
China tightens its grip on Hong Kong universities | Science
When prodemocracy demonstrations erupted in Hong Kong in 2019, its publicly funded universities were hotbeds of unrest. A…
Particle drag race leads to most precise estimate yet of the proton’s mass | Science
Here’s an odd little story. Two physicists confined two ions in an electromagnetic trap and made them turn…
Choose your own Breakthrough of the Year with Science’s 2021 poll | Science
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‘Patience is crucial’: Why we won’t know for weeks how dangerous Omicron is | Science
At 7.30 a.m. on Wednesday, Kristian Andersen, an infectious disease researcher at Scripps Research in San Diego, received…
News at a glance: Missing clinical trial results, a quantum computing milestone, free peer review | Science
PLANETARY DEFENSE NASA probe will slam space rock in test of saving Earth NASA was expected to launch…
Leading breeder of beagles for research slammed by animal welfare inspectors | Science
A major breeding facility that ships thousands of beagles annually to researchers was cited for dozens of alleged…
How the jerboa got its enormous feet | Science
With its large ears and whiskered nose, you’d be forgiven for mistaking the jerboa for a mouse ……
