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5:17pm, 7th May, 2019

New multi-player game brings out the science of wargames

(University of California - Berkeley) A first-of-its-kind online game, released publicly today, is poised to revolutionize the field of wargaming. Developed by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore National Laborat...

The Science (or Lack Thereof) Behind Inducing Labor Naturally

2:50pm, 2nd May, 2019

Humans

The Science (or Lack Thereof) Behind Inducing Labor Naturally

We have centuries of lore and rumor on how to get the process of labor started naturally. But do any of them actually work?-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Watch Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture launch suborbital science extravaganza

2:46pm, 1st May, 2019

Space

Watch Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture launch suborbital science extravaganza

Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster lands itself at the end of a test flight in July 2018. (Blue Origin Photo) Blue Origin, the private space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, says it’s sending up its on its next test flight as early as Thursda...

1:42pm, 1st May, 2019

Space

Watch Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture launch a science extravaganza

Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster lands itself at the end of a test flight in July 2018. (Blue Origin Photo) Blue Origin, the private space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, says it’s sending up its New Shepard suborbital spaceship on its nex...

Science, health journalists receive research fellowships from Marine Biological Laboratory

10:55pm, 29th April, 2019

Nature

Science, health journalists receive research fellowships from Marine Biological Laboratory

(Marine Biological Laboratory) Twelve journalists have been awarded Logan Science Journalism Fellowships from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), an international center for biological and environmental research and education and an affiliate of...

3:10pm, 27th April, 2019

Humans

Science News Briefs From All Over

A few brief reports about international science and technology from Liberia to Hawaii, including one on the discovery in Northern Ireland of soil bacteria that stop the growth of some superbugs,...-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Is the EPA Stifling Science on Chemical Toxicity Reports?

5:51am, 26th April, 2019

Nature

Is the EPA Stifling Science on Chemical Toxicity Reports?

Critics say changes to the agency’s review process will harm public health-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

4:17pm, 18th April, 2019

Tech

Can science writing be automated?

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A neural network developed at MIT and elsewhere can "read" scientific research papers and generate plain-English summaries of their contents.

DOE's Science Graduate Student Research Program selects 70 students to pursue research at DOE labs

3:07pm, 12th April, 2019

Environment

DOE's Science Graduate Student Research Program selects 70 students to pursue research at DOE labs

(DOE/US Department of Energy) The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science has selected 70 graduate students from across the nation for its 2018 Solicitation 2 cycle for Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.

New report identifies how to supercharge agriculture science in the US

5:28am, 27th March, 2019

Nature

New report identifies how to supercharge agriculture science in the US

(Burness) A new report issued today showed how US farmers -- facing a surge of weather events and disease outbreaks -- can increase production and revenues with innovations produced by federally funded agricultural research.