Amazonian civilization had estimated 3M people in 3% of forest area(science.org)

252 points by marojejian 2 months ago | 188 comments

AI's top startups are barely publishing their research(science.org)

563 points by YeGoblynQueenne 2 months ago | 294 comments

Science magazine news article reporting that leading AI startups publish little of their research openly; the capture shows only a Cloudflare verification page.

Things I Won't Work With: Straight Dimethyl Zinc(science.org)

13 points by Bluestein 1 month ago | 0 comments

Trump fires NSF's oversight board(science.org)

356 points by skullone 6 months ago | 177 comments

Science magazine news article reporting that President Trump fired the National Science Foundation's oversight board, the National Science Board.

NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead(science.org)

433 points by Muhammad523 1 month ago | 349 comments

Science magazine news article reporting that NASA's Mars Sample Return mission has been cancelled; the capture shows only a Cloudflare verification page.

3D necroprinting: Leveraging biotic material as the nozzle for 3D printing(science.org)

18 points by ColinWright 28 days ago | 6 comments

Science Advances paper on 3D necroprinting, using biological material such as a mosquito proboscis as a nozzle for 3D printing; page shows a Cloudflare check.

Scientists Untangle the Biology of an 'Undruggable' Cancer Gene(nytimes.com)

4 points by gumby 23 days ago | 2 comments

New York Times article on scientists working out the biology of a cancer gene long considered undruggable; the capture shows only a captcha page.

First in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe: study(health.ucdavis.edu)

337 points by gmays 7 months ago | 64 comments

UC Davis Health news article reporting a study finding that the first in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe.

U.S. government has lost more than 10k STEM PhDs since Trump took office(science.org)

362 points by j_maffe 9 months ago | 270 comments

Science magazine news article reporting the U.S. federal government has lost more than 10,000 STEM PhD employees since Trump took office; page shows Cloudflare check.

So you want to parse a PDF?(eliot-jones.com)

369 points by UglyToad 1 year ago | 199 comments

Blog post by Eliot Jones explaining how PDF parsing should work per the spec, covering headers, cross-reference tables, object offsets and trailers, and its real-world pitfalls.

How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn't(science.org)

281 points by pavel_lishin 20 days ago | 95 comments

Science news article reporting a new analysis arguing Rosalind Franklin recognized the helical structure in her Photograph 51, refuting James Watson's claim.

Baby is healed with first personalized gene-editing treatment(nytimes.com)

1122 points by jbredeche 1 year ago | 470 comments

New York Times article about a baby treated with the first personalized gene-editing therapy for a rare genetic disorder.