Science

It's Okay to be Smart (www.itsokaytobesmart.com)

A PhD biologist and science writer. He also hosts PBS's "It's Okay to be Smart" PBS series. In this blog, he examines all aspects of life through a scientific lens.

Smithsonian (www.si.edu)

The gold standard in scientific news and education.

• The Disturbing Resilience of Scientific Racism
• In Celebration of 50 Years Since the Moon Landing, Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit Set to Return to Public View
• A Smithsonian Curator Reflects on Apollo 10, the Mission That Made Landing on the Moon Possible
• This Prehistoric Fish Makes a Great White Look Like a Goldfish
• Bedbugs Scurried the Earth Alongside the Dinosaurs 100 Million Years Ago
• Yes, the United States Certainly DID Land Humans on the Moon
• Why ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ Trope Isn’t an Exaggeration
• The Teeth of Early Neanderthals May Indicate the Species' Lineage Is Older Than Thought

Science Blogs (scienceblogs.com)

Compiles over 60 science bloggers. It covers a huge variety of scientific issues from different, brillaint perspectives.

• The End Is Not Near, But If An 'Insect Apocalypse' Ever Happens, How Would We Know?
• George Monbiot Q + A – How rejuvenating nature could help fight climate change
• Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology Entries Accepted Until June 15, 2019
• The antivaccine conspiracy theory narrative: You want it darker?
• The USA is still yielding lots of new extant tetrapod species

Institute of Physics (www.iopblog.org)

Official blog of the institute of physics; don't expect any frills here, just a discussion of physics from a very professional perspective.

• Science Capital and the Future Physics Leaders programme
• Future Physics Leaders Early Career Teacher Support: Thoughts from an NQT
• Teaching physics: The practical aspect really appealed to me
• Teaching physics: I love teaching the KS3 light topic
• Remembering Uschi Steigenberger

Reddit Science (www.reddit.com)

Redditors share scientific stories, the latest research, and to discuss it all.

• Researchers from the University of California have developed a wearable designed to be worn around the arm and it actively modifies skin temperature, making the wearer feel warmer or cooler depending on their own personal preference.
• Chemical engineers at EPFL have synthesized the first ever functional non-native metal hydrogenase.
• Rise in global sea levels could have 'profound consequences'
• Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have demonstrated that stem cells derived from the placenta known as Cdx2 cells can regenerate healthy heart cells after heart attacks in animal models.
• Measuring chromosome imbalance could clarify cancer prognosis - A study of prostate cancer finds “aneuploid” tumors are more likely to be lethal than tumors with normal chromosome numbers.
• Consensus sequence design as a general strategy to create hyperstable, biologically active proteins
• Ravens display empathy
• Teens with ADHD get more traffic violations for risky driving, have higher crash risk

Retractiion Watch (retractionwatch.com)

Publishes news of scientific journal retractions. The goal is to keep scientific journalists improving.

• A university requested retractions of eight papers. It took journals a year to yank four of them.
• Weekend reads: Fraud in generic drugs; a university stonewalls after a data breach involving HIV; data behind fertility app retracted
• Forensics Friday: How was this image manipulated?
• Sharing the coin of the realm: How one journal hopes new authorship rules will cut down on bias
• Study of autism and vitamin D earns retraction after questions about reliability
• “This is how science works:” Error leads to recall of paper linking Jon Stewart and election results
• Just how common is positive publication bias? Here’s one researcher who’s trying to figure that out
• Weekend reads: Ghostwritten peer reviews; is failure to report results misconduct?; scientific sabotage common in at least one country

Mind Hacks (mindhacks.com)

Run by a neuroscientist and a cognitive scientist, and they definitely have fun in this blog about the mind.

• The Choice Engine
• After the methods crisis, the theory crisis
• Open Science Essentials: Preprints
• Believing everyone else is wrong is a danger sign
• Review: John Bargh’s “Before You Know It”
• Did the Victorians have faster reactions?
• spaced repetition & Darwin’s golden rule
• A graph that is made by perceiving it

The Loom (phenomena.nationalgeographic.com)

Carl ZImmer, contributer to New York Times and National Geographic runs this blog, which covers a variety of scientific issues.

Science Daily (www.sciencedaily.com)

Offers regular updates on scientific research. Besides traditional scientific topics, they also have a fun "quirks" page that looks at the quirkier science news.

• Bonobo mothers help their sons to have more offspring
• Why are gels elastic?
• Staying in shape: How rod-shaped bacteria grow long, not wide
• Resilience of Yellowstone's forests tested by unprecedented fire
• Superconductor's magnetic persona unmasked
• Professor rethinks living spaces for refugee camps
• 'Spider-like senses' could help autonomous machines see better
• New lens manufacturing technique

Last Word on Nothing (www.lastwordonnothing.com)

It Began as a project among many scientists to write stories. Their work covers both sciecne and the art of science writing.

• Conversation: Erik Plays Chess with Squirrels
• Once-Feral Cat
• The day I tried to love ticks
• The Marshes of America’s Space Program
• Your birthday is bad for you
• The Anvil Song
• The Zone of Proximal Development
• Our Planet: Under Threat

Thirty-Seven (thirtyseven.scientopia.org)

Run by Raychelle Burks, Thirty Seven examines crime, chemistry, and culture.

• I created the DIY Science Zone™ in 2013. Where is the #DIYscizone going next?
• UPDATED! My adventures in green screen sci-comm
• Cracked chemical mysteries for #NationalChemistryWeek!
• Why I love @GeekGirlCon’s #DIYscizone
• Have I got a #chemistry story for you!
• Back to school: Ally Edition
• What I’m up to at #CVG2015
• Google autofill: Are chemists…?

PLOS Blogs (blogs.plos.org)

Brings together staff writers and independent writers to cover a diverse array of science issues.

• CSI Tromsø: Where Forensics meets Vikings
• PLOS Update
• Gordon Research Conference on Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration (February 11 – 16, 2018): Licia Selleri & Ophir Klein
• The Nexus of Data and Community: How Partnership Can Close Achievement Gaps
• Conflicts didn’t kill me, but made me stronger
• The Unitary Fund: a no-strings attached grant program for Open Source quantum computing
• “We need to commit to and invest in the changes we seek”: Insights from the MSF Scientific Research Day
• Meet our Editor-in-Chief at #ACSBOSTON in August | Booth 712

Science Mag (www.sciencemag.org)

Keeps you up to date on the latest science news.

• This 3-million-year-old mouse just gave scientists the key to decoding ancient red pigments
• These tiny microbes are munching away at plastic waste in the ocean
• Bonobo ‘helicopter’ moms stand guard while their sons mate
• EPA plan to end funding for children’s health research leaves scientists scrambling
• Q&A: On a Bering Sea island, disappearing ice threatens a way of life
• In Brazil, ‘useful idiots’ protest cuts to research and education
• Top stories: Superblack spiders, the ‘wood wide web,’ and an antivenom funding infusion
• NSF, NASA, NIST would get funding boosts under House spending bill

Discover Magazine (discovermagazine.com)

Brings you news and features on all things science.

• Weird, Mysterious and Threatened: Can Scientists Save the Platypus?
• The Definition Of a Kilogram Changes Today — What That Means
• Thin Insulation Layer May Prevent Pluto's Underground Ocean From Freezing
• Hubble Spies a Galaxy Deformed and Rejuvenated by a Near Collision
• Processed Foods, Regardless Of Nutrition, Still Cause Weight Gain
• O'Neill Colonies: A Decades-Long Dream for Settling Space
• Beyond Harmful Gas: The Future of Refrigeration May Rely on 'Plastic Crystals'
• Frenchie Breathing Problems Run Deeper Than Smushed Faces