https://phys.org/science-news/sci-other en-us The latest news on chemistry, math, archaeology, biology, chemistry, mathematics and science technologies. There's a lot of science news in seven days, so just because a new study isn't cited here on Saturday morning doesn't mean it didn't happen. A lot more has happened. But also, check out these four stories: https://phys.org/news/2024-06-saturday-citations-bacterial-warfare-language.html Other Sat, 15 Jun 2024 09:00:01 EDT news637600172 If there's one thing I've learned about dogs, it's that praise is super-effective for training; a new Hungarian study confirms these anecdotal findings and reinforces that notion that praise is more effective as a pedagogical approach than, for instance, scolding or criticism or deliberately placing one infraclass of mammals above another one with a childish insult like this one: https://phys.org/news/2024-06-saturday-citations-dogs-evolution-brown.html Other Sat, 08 Jun 2024 08:30:02 EDT news636981516 In the small fishing village where I grew up, we didn't have much. But we helped our neighbors, raised our children to respect the sea, and embraced an inclusive scientific methodology with a cross section of sex, race and gender among study participants that enriched the results of our research. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-saturday-citations-music-sneaky-birds.html Other Sat, 01 Jun 2024 09:30:01 EDT news636378316 A pioneering, national-level study has been conducted by the research group of Paleogenomics and Evolutionary Genetics of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of the Foundation for Research and Technology–Hellas (FORTH). The 18 civilians from the village of Adele (Rethymnon) that were executed on June 2, 1941, were identified, utilizing ancient DNA and genomic analysis techniques. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-world-war-ii-civilians-adele.html Archaeology Other Mon, 27 May 2024 10:28:01 EDT news636024460 Sometimes, science requires traveling into hazardous environments; sometimes it requires a vast influx of state capital and an army of researchers and technicians. But sometimes, science has to call in the Marines. We reported on that this week, along with news about a new cathode for electric batteries made from an Earth-abundant element that will stun you into silence, and the No. 1 fear of animals globally. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-saturday-citations-cheapness-horizon-electric.html Other Sat, 25 May 2024 08:30:02 EDT news635772167 This week, we reported on the birth throes of black holes, the questionable assertions of a study about vegan dogs and a technique for observing entanglement without breaking quantum coherence. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-saturday-citations-mediterranean-diet-racks.html Other Sat, 18 May 2024 09:00:01 EDT news635167375 The onset of solar maximum has resulted in severe geomagnetic storms, with the possibility of aurora borealis events this weekend as far south as the northern United States. Do not be alarmed if you see awesome displays of light over your neighborhood, it is just a solar wind disturbance passing through the magnetosphere. This week, we reported on a cute but endangered marsupial, the table manners of supermassive black holes and what ultra-processed Tostitos Scoops may be doing to your heart. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-saturday-citations-dietary-habits-humans.html Other Sat, 11 May 2024 08:30:01 EDT news634562769 We field a torrent of science news updates every week and on Saturday morning, we highlight three or four of them based on the observed preferences of a panel of dogs as shown by the Paired-Stimulus Preference Assessment, a standardized evaluation of preferred stimuli. This week, the dogs selected stories about parrot-to-parrot video calling, loud human noises, and a new neural map of human wakefulness. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-saturday-citations-parrots-internet-human.html Other Sat, 04 May 2024 09:00:01 EDT news633961102 Hello, stakeholders. (This is the nongendered term of address I've been workshopping because I see "folks" in too many social media posts.) Researchers this week reported on an AI model that attempts to emulate human irrationality in decision-making, which has to be the best approach toward building a human-equivalent general AI, right? Like, if you told Siri "Thank you," and she replied "You, too" instead of "You're welcome," and then felt embarrassed about it. That would seem deeply human to me. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-saturday-citations-irrationality-genetic-basis.html Other Sat, 20 Apr 2024 07:30:01 EDT news632750522 It's Saturday, which means that in a universe where the arrow of time moves backward, people have to go to work tomorrow. In such a hypothetical universe, Garfield hates Fridays—tough to imagine. This week, we looked at several hundred breaking science developments, four of which I've highlighted here, including a new geoengineering study, a quantum infosec breakthrough, and listening in on the melodious dreams of birds. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-saturday-citations-bird-qubits-impossible.html Other Sat, 13 Apr 2024 08:30:01 EDT news632144179 While I was assembling and formatting all these links, we had a 4.8-magnitude earthquake here on the East Coast, so apologies in advance for any misaligned text. This week: Gravitationally accelerated stars! AIs that exhibit cooperative and selfish behaviors! And another edition of "Would You Eat This?" https://phys.org/news/2024-04-saturday-citations-ai-prisoner-dilemma.html Other Sat, 06 Apr 2024 08:30:01 EDT news631537403 Is the milk sold today similar to the milk available 100 years ago? Here, drink this and give me your results. Also, physicists achieve superconductivity at a temperature slightly higher than 0 degrees Kelvin and slightly lower than 2 degrees Kelvin. The Event Horizon Telescope project released a glamorous new portrait of Sagittarius A*, while a separate group of physicists reported on a pair of black hole pals. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-saturday-citations-year-hot-qubits.html Other Sat, 30 Mar 2024 09:30:01 EDT news630938069 If you missed some of our top stories this week, we have you covered. From an underachieving black hole to a new species of fluffy beetle, you can see it all here. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-saturday-citations-anemic-galaxy-black.html Other Sat, 23 Mar 2024 08:40:02 EDT news630336953 You never can tell when planetary scientists are going to discover a new giant volcano on Mars, but when it happens, I step out to the porch and raise my Lunar and Planetary Society Core-Mantle Boundary Rift Discovery flag so all the neighbors will know, and this week, that flag was flapping in the breeze. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-saturday-citations-volcanoes-mars-starship.html Other Sat, 16 Mar 2024 08:20:01 EDT news629723748 I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Rodents eating herbal remedies. I watched a truck mistaken for an alien message. All those moments will be lost in time, like the Upper West Side under land subsidence. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-saturday-citations-rumbly-guts-alien.html Other Sat, 09 Mar 2024 08:50:01 EST news629124193 It's been a long, eight-day leap week, and this weekend, I'm spending my free time working on the manuscript for my style guide for science writers, "How to Effectively Split an Infinitive." https://phys.org/news/2024-03-saturday-citations-wont-black-hole.html Other Sat, 02 Mar 2024 09:10:04 EST news628517216 From enraptured voles and space robots on the moon to brain gears and dense objects, it was a heck of a week in science. Let's take a look at some of the most interesting developments over the past seven days. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-saturday-citations-neurology-pair-bonding.html Other Sat, 24 Feb 2024 08:30:01 EST news627913365 Einstein's inexhaustible field equations just keep on predicting weird stellar objects, and the latest one is a doozy—so strap on your helmet, inside of which is another helmet, encasing still yet another helmet. This headgear is modeled on a weird solution to the field equations described below, along with an interesting neural study involving human speech in reverberant environments and predictions for the Atlantic Ocean over the next 20-odd-million years. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-saturday-citations-einstein-revisited-atlantic.html Other Sat, 17 Feb 2024 09:10:01 EST news627310328 "Oh, hello. I didn't see you there. I was just editing a weekly roundup of science news stories for Saturday morning." This is the first line from my autobiographical one-man play about having multiple Firefox tabs open. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-saturday-citations-dark-bug-marriageability.html Other Sat, 10 Feb 2024 10:00:01 EST news626706513 Coming in hot on February 3 with a photo of a cute French bully who did an amazing trick with his jawbone. Good boy! (Click!) Happy Saturday. Here's a roundup that includes news about additive printing of neurons, evidence that microbes like stuff, and the shifting temperature differential between day and night. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-saturday-citations-dog-regenerates-body.html Other Sat, 03 Feb 2024 07:30:01 EST news626102356 Allegations of research fakery at a leading cancer center have turned a spotlight on scientific integrity and the amateur sleuths uncovering image manipulation in published research. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-science-sleuths-technology-fakery-plagiarism.html Other Sun, 28 Jan 2024 12:32:41 EST news625667544 There are fields of scientific research that involve neither vast cosmic phenomena nor extremely cute animals, but those are topics of high salience in Saturday Citations, and this week is no exception. And we'll probably play the odds and say next week won't be either. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-saturday-citations-cutest-conservationists-weird.html Other Sat, 20 Jan 2024 07:50:01 EST news624887136 The Dark Energy Survey took an entire decade to produce a value for the cosmological constant—and it's smaller than you might think! There were other stories as well, including one about primeval black holes, and because I am inescapably drawn by the relentless gravity of black hole news, it's included below, along with two other stories related in one way or another to heads. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-saturday-citations-dark-energy-survey.html Other Sat, 13 Jan 2024 09:00:01 EST news624282090 It's the futuristic year 2024! Where is the power loom that natural philosophers have been promising me? What's that? Edmund Cartwright already made one? In 1785? And it revolutionized industrial weaving? Sorry, it's been so long since the last Saturday post that I've completely lost track of the progress of science. Here are a few stories to launch into the new year. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-saturday-citations-honey-yields-unexpected.html Other Sat, 06 Jan 2024 09:00:01 EST news623677924 This week, scientists reported on drinking beer, Saturnian expulsions, an ancient North American dog breed, and cats playing dogs' favorite game, fetch. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-saturday-citations-dogs-woolly-cats.html Other Sat, 16 Dec 2023 09:30:01 EST news621866912 It was a good year for research across multiple fields as a team at the University of Ottawa, working with colleagues Danilo Zia and Fabio Sciarrino, from the Sapienza University of Rome, demonstrated a novel technique to visualize the wave function of two entangled photons, the elementary particles that constitute light, in real time. This work that could lead to accelerated quantum technology advancements. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-year-articles.html Other Mon, 11 Dec 2023 06:50:01 EST news621172814 This week we look at migratory stars, communicative children and how to make the best cup of coffee, as well as examining some of the latest COVID advice. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-saturday-citations-extragalactic-stars-milky.html Other Sat, 09 Dec 2023 08:10:01 EST news621255842 This week in our wrap up, we lull you into a false sense of security with adorable lion cubs then ambush you with terrifying pulsars. We do this not out of a sense of malice but to prepare your mind for the possibility of a giant cosmic void. Also, Japan has launched a new fusion research facility. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-saturday-citations-adorable-kittens-violent.html Other Sat, 02 Dec 2023 09:00:02 EST news620652209 This week, we reported on new developments in lithium-ion batteries, and a real industrial pollution hat trick with stories on coal, lead and microplastics. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-saturday-citations-microplastics-coal-filthy.html Other Sat, 25 Nov 2023 07:30:01 EST news620055434 Newly published research reexamines the evaluation of scientific findings, proposing a network-based methodology for contextualizing a publication's impact. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-effective-method-impact-scientific.html Mathematics Other Mon, 20 Nov 2023 16:51:20 EST news619721473