A 900-Year-Old Typo May Unravel a Chaucer Mystery
The Tale of Wade, twice referred to in Geoffrey Chaucer’s poems, survives only in a tiny fragment. Two academics argue a scribe’s error deepened the confusion around it.
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Train Hack Gets Proper Attention After 20 Years: Researcher
A vulnerability affecting systems named End-of-Train and Head-of-Train can be exploited by hackers to cause trains to brake.
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China Surveys Seabeds Where Naval Rivals May One Day Clash
Chinese research ships are studying the seas for science and resources, but the data they gather could also be useful in a conflict with Taiwan or the United States.
Recipients of a U.S. Climate Science Fellowship Are Put on Unpaid Leave
Researchers in the NOAA program were furloughed because funds to pay them were not available.
New Research Questions Severity of Withdrawal From Antidepressants
Warnings about withdrawal from antidepressants have rippled through society in recent years. A new study claims they are overblown.
A 37,000-Year Chronicle of What Once Ailed Us
In a new genetic study, scientists have charted the rise of 214 human diseases across ancient Europe and Asia.
Research Suggests Climate Change Added Excess Deaths in European Heat Wave
The rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution calculated that climate change might have tripled the death toll from the event.
‘The American system is being destroyed’: academics on leaving US for ‘scientific asylum’ in France
Almost 300 researchers have applied for for positions at Aix-Marseille University after Trump unleashed his attack on academia It was on a US-bound flight in March, as Brian Sandberg stressed about whether he would be stopped at security, that the Amer…
U.S. Leaves Vietnam’s War Dead Unidentified
Damien Cave, the Vietnam bureau chief for The New York Times, takes us to a cemetery in northern Vietnam, where scientists are using innovative DNA analysis techniques to match unidentified Vietnamese soldiers with their living relatives before U.S.A.I…
E.P.A. Employees Are Invited to Adopt Soon-to-Be Homeless Lab Rats
The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra fish) need new homes.