the problem Dear Nature, I’m a PhD student whose research involves euthanizing healthy mice, usually via cervical dislocation, which basically means breaking the animals’ necks as quickly and painlessly as possible. I love my field and knew that working with animals would be part of my job when I started my PhD. I try to
The ocean floor has been mapped in much less detail than the surface of Mars.Credit: US Geological Survey/Scientific Photo Library The depths of the ocean are among the final frontiers of scientific exploration. Scientists have visually studied less than 0.001% of the seafloor, but oceanography is essential to understanding the climate, ecosystems, and processes deep
Nous Research, the startup behind open source agent Hermes, is finalizing a new funding round led by Robot Ventures, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors at a valuation of $1.5 billion, according to three sources with knowledge of the deal. The company is raising at least $75 million and has drawn a
NASA on Tuesday ceremonially transferred ownership of about 105 acres of forested land on the Greenbelt, Maryland, campus of the Goddard Space Flight Center to the adjacent Patuxent Research Refuge, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The property, formerly known as NASA Goddard Area 400, is now part of the largest block of
Neil Shubin is an advocate for connecting scientists with the general public.Credit: Christopher Michel/National Academies On July 1, Neil Shubin, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago in Illinois, began his five-year term as president of the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS), a nonprofit society of elected scholars. Shubin is best known for discovering
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