Survey provides a snapshot of scientific thought on animal emotions and consciousness
The journal Royal Society Open Science published a survey of 100 researchers of animal behavior, providing a unique view of current scientific thought on animal emotions and consciousness......»»
Half of Gen Z voters say they’ve lied about their votes: Survey
Half of Gen Z voters say they’ve lied about their votes: Survey.....»»
Variations in scientific ethics: Chinese scientists prioritize government service more than global peers
In a new study of physicists from the U.S., U.K. and China, Rice University and Santa Clara University researchers found that Chinese scientists feel a greater obligation to serve their government with research efforts than international counterparts.....»»
Is Election Anxiety Keeping You Awake? Sleep Experts Share Advice
Scientific American staff and sleep experts share advice on how to get better sleep in the stressful days leading up to the U.S. presidential election—and those that come after.....»»
Simple science summaries written by AI can help people understand research and trust scientists
Artificial intelligence-generated summaries of scientific papers make complex information more understandable for the public compared with human-written summaries, according to my recent paper published in PNAS Nexus. AI-generated summaries not only.....»»
AI method captures ecotourism photos to monitor remote animal species
A team of computer scientists, ecologists and statisticians at Stony Brook University, working with a colleague from the U.S. Geological Survey, has found that it is possible to use AI applications to find images captured by ecotourists for use in st.....»»
Machine-learning analysis tracks the evolution of 16th-century European astronomical thought
A team of computer scientists, astronomers and historians in Berlin has used machine-learning applications to learn more about the evolutionary history of European astronomical thought in the 15th and 16th centuries. In their study published in the j.....»»
How researchers can maximize biological insights using animal-tracking devices
Biologgers allow us to see with unprecedented precision how animals move and behave in the wild. But that's only part of the picture, according to a UC Santa Cruz ecologist renowned for using biologging data to tell a deeper story about the lives of.....»»
Solar-powered animal cells: Combining chloroplasts from algae with hamster cells
Energy-making chloroplasts from algae have been inserted into hamster cells, enabling the cells to photosynthesize light, according to new research in Japan. It was previously thought that combining chloroplasts (chlorophyll containing structures in.....»»
Study introduces novel conservation law that operates down to the subcycle level during strong-field ionization
The conservation law is a fundamental tool that significantly aids our quest to understand the world, playing a crucial role across various scientific disciplines. Particularly in strong-field physics, these laws enhance our comprehension of atomic a.....»»
AI training method can drastically shorten time for calculations in quantum mechanics
The close relationship between AI and highly complicated scientific computing can be seen in the fact that both the 2024 Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry were awarded to scientists for devising AI for their respective fields of study. KAIST rese.....»»
Apple products show lower outage risk and strong security appeal in Kandji survey
A new survey from Kandji highlights Apple’s rapid growth in enterprise settings and its reputation for strong security. The “Apple in the Enterprise” survey gives insights from over 300 IT professionals responsible for Apple device management a.....»»
New extended and faint tidal tail discovered
By analyzing the data from the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey (DECaLS), astronomers have discovered a new tidal tail likely associated with the galaxy NGC 3785. The newly detected tidal tail is extremely extended and faint. The finding was reported.....»»
Volcanic "cryptic carbon" emissions may be a hidden driver of Earth"s past climate
An international team of geoscientists led by a volcanologist at Rutgers University-New Brunswick has discovered that, contrary to present scientific understanding, ancient volcanoes continued to spew carbon dioxide into the atmosphere from deep with.....»»
Ecologists suggest animal alcohol consumption more common than thought
Anecdotes abound of wildlife behaving "drunk" after eating fermented fruits, but despite this, nonhuman consumption of ethanol has been assumed to be rare and accidental. Ecologists challenge this assumption in a review published October 30 in Trends.....»»
Britain"s brass bands older than thought: Study reveals they were invented by soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars
Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain's first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. The study undermines the idea that brass bands were a civilian and exclusively northern creation......»»
Daylight saving time linked to lost worker productivity
As much of the world prepares to turn clocks back an hour this fall, new research from the University of Oregon finds the annual spring forward to daylight saving time affects worker productivity more than previously thought......»»
Mars may have been habitable much more recently than thought
Evidence suggests Mars could very well have been teeming with life billions of years ago. Now cold, dry, and stripped of what was once a potentially protective magnetic field, the red planet is a kind of forensic scene for scientists investigating wh.....»»
Survey assesses Mexican consumers" opinions on GMO corn import ban
A fully implemented ban on genetically modified corn in Mexico could disproportionately affect the nation's lower-income consumers, according to a recently published study by agricultural economists with the University of Arkansas System Division of.....»»
Researchers reveal key findings from national voter opinion survey on the economy and political stress
Researchers at the University of South Florida have released findings from a nationwide survey that measures attitudes related to several key election issues. The survey, sponsored by Cyber Florida at USF, addresses how Americans feel about topics in.....»»
Math and Puzzle Fans Find Magic in Martin Gardner’s Legacy
Scientific American columnist Martin Gardner started a long mathematical conversation that continues today.....»»