Volcano detectives use artificial intelligence to sleuth out ancient secrets in Alaska. scientificamerican.com/podcast/episod…

Two leaders of the University of Melbourne’s affirmative action strategy describe their drive to hire more female colleagues, how staff and students reacted, and explain how it addressed under-representation of female faculty in STEM subjects.
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Mary Wollstonecraft, born #OnThisDay in 1759, was an English writer and passionate advocate of educational and social equality for women. She outlined her beliefs in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, considered a classic of feminism.

One of our top rated article on Altmetric this past week was 'An autoantibody signature predictive for multiple sclerosis'. You can read the Nature Medicine article here: nature.com/articles/s4159…

Irrigation for agriculture uses more than half of Colorado River’s total annual water flow. This finding provides understanding of how the river’s water is used. Read the OA article: nature.com/articles/s4324…
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Catherine Mavriplis, author of Springer-Verlag | Part of Springer Nature's 'The Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering Program', writes about the trailblazing women in STEM — for too long unsung — who’ve led the way for women entering careers in science and engineering today: springernature.com/gp/researchers…

Arno Penzias, who was born #OTD in 1933, was an astrophysicist and shared one-half of the 1978 Nobel Prize for Physics for the discovery of a faint electromagnetic radiation throughout the universe. The detection lent strong support to the big-bang model of cosmic evolution.

A lack of scientific terms & vocabulary in the world’s sign languages can make science education & research careers inaccessible for deaf people and those with hearing loss. Digvijay Singh works to add to the scientific lexicon for deaf students in India. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Help your fellow researchers and answer this short survey for a chance at a $150 gift card—how are researchers like you using social platforms for research? Take this short survey: springernature.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_57…

This event on #GDP and the #SDGs is happening at 08.30ET/13.30UK/14.30CET/ today. Join us for what I hope will be a lively discussion on the wisdom of piloting economies using just one instrument (to paraphrase Amartya Sen). Springer Nature SDSN

A faithful organoid model of colorectal cancer initiation is reported in a study published in Nature. These cell cultures could aid research into complex processes associated with tumour growth and may facilitate discovery of therapeutic approaches: nature.com/articles/s4158…

Guglielmo Marconi, born #OTD in 1874, was an Italian physicist and inventor of a successful wireless telegraph. In 1909 he received the Nobel Prize for Physics, which he shared with German physicist Ferdinand Braun.

A detailed family tree of ancient group of Eurasian nomads known as the Avars, settled in Eastern Central Europe between the 6th & 9th centuries, reveals details about their social structure as well as evidence for potential realignment of political power: nature.com/articles/s4158…

Drawing on his background in the tech industry, Harsh Jegadeesan reflects on the changes that are disrupting publishing, and what we can learn from the tech industry in how we harness and adapt to continue to serve the research community: springernature.com/gp/advancing-d…

If you’ve ever asked a chatbot a question and received nonsensical gibberish in reply, you already know that “artificial intelligence” isn’t always very intelligent. And sometimes it isn’t all that artificial either, but often 'fauxtomation”: scientificamerican.com/article/is-the…

Gerhard Domagk, who died #OTD in 1964, was a German bacteriologist and pathologist. He was awarded the 1939 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the antibacterial effects of Prontosil, the first of the sulfonamide drugs.

Genes linked to bird song rhythm and tempo are described in a Nature Communications paper. The authors suggest that two genes — Neurexin-1 and Coenzyme Q8A — which are also known to affect human speech, may shape vocal rhythm in birds: nature.com/articles/s4146…