Science

At least three scientists at the La Jolla Immunology Institute (LJI) have made their love of science very, very permanent! Some of their science-related tattoos commemorate research achievements, while others highlight appealing motifs found in nature. Here, they share the meanings behind their scientific ink: Keeping it simple Eduardo Lucero Meza is a laboratory manager …

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On October 28, 1918, a San Francisco farrier named James Wisser called on a crowd on a street corner to throw away their masks in violation of a local mask mandate issued a few days earlier. He was shot twice after resisting an attempt by a local health inspector to force compliance. At the time, …

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Jupiter and its dynamic atmosphere are ready for another close-up in a new image taken with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Using data from the telescope, scientists discovered a new and never-before-detected high-speed jet stream. The jet stream sits over Jupiter’s equator above the main cloud decks, moves at twice the speed of a …

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A recent study sheds light on how science journalists evaluate psychological research and provides insight into the factors that matter most to them in determining credibility and newsworthiness. The study, published in Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Sciencefound that one factor—sample size—significantly outweighed the others in influencing how journalists evaluated research. Science journalists …

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An earthquake last year revealed a big surprise beneath a law school in modern-day Mexico City: a giant, colorful snakehead from The Aztec Empire. The Serpent’s Head dates back more than 500 years, to when the Aztecs controlled the area, which at the time was part of the flourishing capital city of Tenochtitlan. The sculpture …

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WILLMAR – Science may not always be pretty, but it sure is interesting. Case in point: Since 2018, researchers at the University of Minnesota have been asking hunters to point their trail cameras at the piles of guts or offal from the deer they harvest. The “Official Wildlife Monitoring Project” has already yielded some surprising …

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Nosferatu crawls up the stairs of the Vampires: Art, History, Myths and Realities exhibit. Francisco Morales/DAMPHOTO/Eyepix Group/Future Publishing via Getty Images Legends of vampires and other bloodsucking creatures have existed for centuries. For hundreds of years, people have come up with scientific explanations. Some associate the illnesses with vampiric characteristics such as pale skin and …

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