A growing number of ethnic Chinese scientists have chosen to leave America and return to China in recent years – a flow accelerated by a US government investigation that tried to combat economic espionage but ended up indicting academics, a Stanford University study found. Although most of China was born, it was founded in the … Read more
The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is bringing science into classrooms this summer. Thanks to the program called “GSK Science in the Summer,” children in grades 2 to 6 get the opportunity to explore different career paths in science and technology. Related:A UT-Arlington scientist’s research could have an impact on a serious problem: … Read more
Nuucichthys rhynchocephalus gen. and sp. nov. from the Druian Marjum Formation of the House Range of Utah, USA. Credit: Royal Society Open Science (2024). DOI: 10.1098/rsos.240350 The Cambrian fossil record shows that many animal phyla were diverse and inhabited the Earth’s oceans about 518 million years ago. But while chordates—a group that includes vertebrates like … Read more
Scientists have finally figured out what causes humor – and they cracked the code by deliberately putting their volunteers in embarrassing situations. In a new unusual study, published on July 17 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers asked 40 young girls and women to sing karaoke while being filmed. The volunteers … Read more
Listen to the title 5 minutes This sound is self-generated. Please let us know if you have any comments. It’s been nearly two years since the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act, a sweeping piece of legislation aimed at boosting the country’s role in the global semiconductor industry. The law, that it provides $52 … Read more