October 4, 2024Researchers propose a new paradigm for economic performance and sustainability: they argue that organizations fostering prosocial behaviors by prioritizing collaboration and collective well-being are more likely to succeed over time than businesses that focus on self-interest and short-term gains. Science
October 4, 2024Thirty five years of satellite imagery show plant cover is increasing on the northernmost part of Antarctica. Areas of vegetation on the Antarctic Peninsula have increased from less than 0.9 square kilometres to almost 12 square kilometres, in a roughly 14-fold increase, from 1986 to 2021 Science
October 4, 2024A compound found in African wormwood, a plant used medicinally for thousands of years to treat cough and fever, could be effective against tuberculosis. It can kill the mycobacteria that causes tuberculosis in both its active state and its slower, hypoxic state, when it is harder to treat. Science
October 4, 2024A study reports that almost 50% of scientists will have stopped their activity 10 years after writing their first scientific article, a statistic more marked among women than among men Science
October 4, 2024When Trump endorsed the GOP candidate in the 2022 US Senate elections, higher levels of social network embeddedness were linked to lower support for that candidate even by Republicans. Trump’s endorsement may have had a polarizing effect, due to his election fraud narratives and conspiracy theories. Science
October 4, 2024Discovery of 4,000-Year-Old Burial Chamber in Asiut, Egypt. An archaeological mission has discovered the burial chamber of a woman called Edi, daughter of Jifai-Hapi, who was governor of Asiut in Upper Egypt. Science
October 3, 2024Is extreme weather linked to higher suicide rates? Texas A&M intends to find out. Science