- Pacific Northwest’s ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/pacific-northwest-s-forest-gardens-were-deliberately-planted-indigenous-people 19 comments anthropology
- This eagle shark once soared through ancient seas near Mexico https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/eagle-shark-once-soared-through-ancient-seas-near-mexico 3 comments science
- Twins study finds no evidence that marijuana lowers IQ in teens https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/01/twins-study-finds-no-evidence-marijuana-lowers-iq-teens 18 comments science
- Researchers restore lost sight in mice, offering clues to reversing aging https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/researchers-restore-lost-sight-mice-offering-clues-reversing-aging 5 comments science
- A century-old TB vaccine could rev up the immune system against the new coronavirus https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/can-century-old-tb-vaccine-steel-immune-system-against-new-coronavirus# 19 comments science
- Coronavirus cases have dropped sharply in South Korea. What’s the secret to its success? https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/coronavirus-cases-have-dropped-sharply-south-korea-whats-secret-its-success 11 comments worldnews
- Humans in India may have survived supereruption 74,000 years ago https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/humans-india-may-have-survived-supereruption-74000-years-ago 6 comments worldnews
- New ‘medicine’ could vaccinate plants against devastating viruses, which are an ever-evolving threat to global food security. In laboratory experiments with tobacco plants, siRNA sprayed on the leaves as a vaccine against the tomato bushy stunt virus, protected 90% of the plants. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/new-medicine-could-vaccinate-plants-against-devastating-viruses 3 comments science
- Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil fuels off the grid https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/07/giant-batteries-and-cheap-solar-power-are-shoving-fossil-fuels-grid 452 comments technology
- Rogue ozone-destroying emissions traced to northeastern China | Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/rogue-ozone-destroying-emissions-traced-northeastern-china 7 comments science
- "Ship spies largest underwater eruption ever" | Science - 5 cubic kilometer undersea volcano appears on sea floor near Madagascar in a matter of months https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/ship-spies-largest-underwater-eruption-ever 5 comments science
- Ancient Earth rock found on the moon https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/ancient-earth-rock-found-moon 7 comments science
- European science funders ban grantees from publishing in paywalled journals https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/european-science-funders-ban-grantees-publishing-paywalled-journals 67 comments europe
- Unique database with more than 1000 medical guidelines is about to vanish | Science http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/unique-database-more-1000-medical-guidelines-about-vanish 8 comments science
- NASA confirms amateur astronomer has discovered a lost satellite http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/amateur-astronomer-discovers-revived-nasa-satellite 91 comments space
- Scientists have created a pill-size device that can detect bleeding deep inside a pig’s digestive tract and relay that information via a wireless signal to a cellphone. If modified to detect other chemicals this could be incredibly useful for human medical use. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/bacteria-pill-may-one-day-track-your-body-s-chemistry 25 comments technews
- European satellite reveals motions of more than 1 billion stars and shape of the Milky Way http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/european-satellite-reveals-motions-more-1-billion-stars-and-shape-milky-way 5 comments europe
- Star hurtling toward massive black hole may seal deal for Einstein’s theory of general relativity http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/star-hurtling-towards-massive-black-hole-may-seal-deal-einstein-s-theory-general?utm_source=sciencemagazine&utm_medium=facebook-text&utm_campaign=starhurtling-14603 7 comments space
- Ancient DNA suggests that living Greeks are descendants of Mycenaeans http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/greeks-really-do-have-near-mythical-origins-ancient-dna-reveals 22 comments science
- Why midsized animals are the fastest on Earth http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/why-midsized-animals-are-fastest-earth 7 comments science
- DOE freezes millions in high-tech energy grants and gags staff | Science http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/doe-freezes-millions-high-tech-energy-grants-and-gags-staff 5 comments science
- European Neandertals were cannibals http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/07/european-neandertals-were-cannibals?utm_source=sciencemagazine&utm_medium=facebook-text&utm_campaign=neandertalcannibal-5592 22 comments science
- Mexican scientists feel the Trump effect http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/mexican-scientists-feel-trump-effect 6 comments politics
- Trump officials suspend plan to delete EPA climate web pages http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/trump-officials-suspend-plan-delete-epa-climate-web-page 3 comments worldnews
- France most skeptical country about vaccine safety http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/france-most-skeptical-country-about-vaccine-safety 144 comments science
- Humpbacks have been documented saving seals from killer whales, a possible example of "interspecific altruism" http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/07/humpbacks-protect-seals-and-other-animals-killer-whales-why?utm_source=newsfromscience&utm_medium=reddit&utm_campaign=safeseal-5981 109 comments science
- Ozone layer on the mend, thanks to chemical ban http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/06/ozone-layer-mend-thanks-chemical-ban 5 comments science
- Experiments suggests that humans are able to sense magnetic fields as a kind of sixth sense. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/06/maverick-scientist-thinks-he-has-discovered-magnetic-sixth-sense-humans 105 comments science
- Incidence of "air rage" correlated with the presence of a first class cabin http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/air-rage-blame-first-class-cabin 8 comments science
- Most species that disappear today will leave no trace in the fossil record http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/most-species-disappear-today-will-leave-no-trace-fossil-record 14 comments science
- When injuries or illness damage specific parts of a body, cells shed DNA into the blood stream. Several research teams are now developing ways to trace it to the tissue from which it originated, hoping to detect early stages of a disease or monitor its progression. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/tests-blood-borne-dna-pinpoint-tissue-damage 4 comments science
- The rise of human civilization was destined to give rise to the housecat http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/01/were-cats-domesticated-more-once 3 comments science
- The role of moralising Gods in permitting human societies to form. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/349/6251/918.summary 4 comments science
- Debating a testosterone “sex gap”: Policies unfairly exclude some women athletes from competition. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/348/6237/858.full 7 comments science
- "BREACH OF TRUST: After the Snowden revelations, U.S. mathematicians are questioning their long-standing ties with the secretive National Security Agency" -- Science [PDF] http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6221/495.full.pdf 34 comments math
- Brazil lead the world in reducing GHG gas emissions over the past decade by cutting Amazon deforestation 70%. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6188/1118 38 comments science
- Reading Literary Fiction TEMPORARILY Enhances Theory of Mind, study says. Read the abstract right people. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2013/10/02/science.1239918.abstract 6 comments books
- Google Effects on Memory: When faced with difficult questions, people are primed to think about computers and that when people expect to have future access to information, they have lower rates of recall of the information itself and enhanced recall instead for where to access it. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6043/776.abstract 14 comments science
- Here is a crow creating and using a tool to get what it wants. http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/crow/weirmovie.mov 76 comments science
- No Climate data? Michael Mann explained the Medieval Warm Period with this brand new paper in Science, and released all of the code and data involved in the study to the public. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sci;326/5957/1256 30 comments science