What we’ve learned from citizen science: 5 projects that made a difference From wombat and mozzie surveillance to deciphering climate history and spotting star explosions, citizen scientists are instrumental in contributing knowledge.

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研究活動上の不正行為に係る調査結果について このたび、本学における研究活動上の不正行為の疑いに関する通報を受け、学内調査委員会において調査を行ってまいりました。その結果、3件の事案において不正行為（捏造、改ざん）があったと認定いたしましたので、ここに報告申し上げます。 高い倫理観をもって学術の発展に寄与すべき研究大学として、このような事態を招いたことは誠に遺憾であり、その社会的責任を極めて重く受け止めております。関係者の皆様に多大なご迷惑を...

A paper published from previous group work at Kyoto University has now been officially found to contain falsification. The misconduct was committed by a single PI in the lab where I worked.
www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/news/2026...

The real reason some people are instantly likable Want to be more socially magnetic? It’s less about confidence and more about simple acts of warmth that make people open up.

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These roaches form exclusive long-term relationships after eating each other's wings Salganea taiwanensis, a kind of wood-feeding cockroach, may engage in what's known as pair bonding, a new study finds.

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Cells can sense 10x farther than expected and it may explain cancer spread Scientists have discovered that cells can sense far beyond the surfaces they touch. While individual cancer cells can probe about 10 microns ahead by tugging on surrounding collagen fibers, clusters o...

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

ChatGPT did not cure a dog’s cancer A sick dog, desperate owner, and a bunch of chatbots made for a great story. The actual science was much messier.

ChatGPT did not cure a dog’s cancer www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Textbooks were wrong: Scientists reveal the surprising way human hair really grows Hair may grow in a completely different way than scientists once believed. Instead of being pushed out from the root, new research shows that moving cells inside the follicle actually pull the hair up...

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

High-throughput phenomics of global ant biodiversity - Nature Methods Antscan is a publicly accessible database of synchrotron X-ray CT images of ants. The database covers almost 800 species from more than 200 genera and is coordinated with genome sequencing projects th...

Really cool! Check out this amazing resource for ant research.🐜 A huge collaborative effort by ant researchers worldwide!
#ants #antscan #OpenScience

www.antscan.info
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📣 NEW! I’ve just released the BIGGEST and perhaps most creative project I’ve ever worked on!

“Searching for Birds” searchingforbirds.visualcinnamon.com 🐤

A project, an article, an exploration that dives into the data that connects humans with birds, by looking at how we search for birds.

YORU: Animal behavior detection with object-based approach for real-time closed-loop feedback YORU is a behavior detection tool with deep learning object detection to enable real-time social behavior analysis.

Researchers at Nagoya University have developed YORU, an open-source behavior analysis platform powered by AI object detection. It enables high-precision tracking, automated video analysis, and real-time behavioral interventions even when multiple individuals overlap.
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Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”

“In an extreme case, two users sent very similar messages describing symptoms of a subarachnoid hemorrhage but were given opposite advice,” the study’s authors wrote. “One user was told to lie down in a dark room, and the other user was given the correct recommendation to seek emergency care.”

The systems that build star performers Many top performers start behind — and overtake the early leaders later.

"Systems that demand immediate answers, linear progress, and constant proof of usefulness will reliably produce one thing: people who stop exploring. "
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Animals experience joy. Scientists want to measure it Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure positive feelings — and it’s a challenge.

www.sciencenews.org/article/scie...

Science Is Drowning in AI Slop Peer review has met its match.

"This empty back-and-forth would be used to train newer AI models. Fraudulent images and phantom citations would embed themselves deeper and deeper in our systems of knowledge. They’d become a permanent epistemological pollution that could never be filtered out."
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...

Why failure is a necessary ingredient for success – especially in the era of AI To have a healthy relationship with AI, we must see beauty in imperfection.

"Here, the key to understanding the brain is not in the error, but the process of correcting the error."
theconversation.com/why-failure-...

Richard Hynes, a pioneer in the biology of cellular adhesion, dies at 81 MIT Professor Emeritus Richard Hynes, an influential cancer biologist who illuminated how cells interact with each other and their environment, has died at 81. In more than 50 years at MIT, he served ...

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🐜The colony has declined to just two workers. Even after the queen's death and the colony's collapse, the remaining ants keep doing their age-appropriate tasks—one foraging, the other staying home. They still care for each other through their social stomach.

Because I don't think only a select few should have access to scientific discussions or the chance to do simple experiments themselves. Understanding science is key to thinking logically and assessing risks, and to build that ability, we need to stay genuinely interested in science itself.

I want to do something what I can to reduce the number of people who lose hope in academia for reasons like this. And I hope for a world where people can say, “I'm still doing research,” even without being affiliated with a university or research institute.

"Two researchers working with him had lost a year trying to replicate research on brain development in mice because the original research was so flawed. When students from my institute were struggling with experiments, some people told them they should report false results"
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I see! If people were moved around in a low-gravity environment, they’d probably end up looking like this too👍

I guess the scientific community will start moving en masse to Affinity, since some people even use PowerPoint to make figures for their papers. Affinity is more than enough for creating illustrations.

Oh..., is it walking...?

My reaction came a bit late, but that was great news about Affinity — amazing!
www.affinity.studio

All Affinity apps are now free for the iPad - for now Ahead of a mysterious announcement on October 30 iPad versions of Affinity's suite of apps — Affinity Photo, Affinity Publisher, and Affinity Designer — have been made entirely free. We think you need...

Affinity Series 2 is now free to license. A big change will be announced on Oct 30, though it’s unclear if that’s good or bad news for users. I loved the original, so I downloaded it without thinking.
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Microscopy preprints - bioimage analysis - FocalPlane Microscopy preprints - bioimage analysis - News

Check out the latest research in bioimage analysis in our new preprint list!
Let us know if you’ve been reading a preprint that we’ve missed.
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#BioimageAnalysis

Google Scholar Is Doomed Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

Why repairing relationships is a career superpower The ability to navigate hard conversations successfully is a critical skill — for individuals as well as companies

“Conflict is natural. But how we deal with it is a matter of choice,” Ury wrote in his book “The Third Side: Why We Fight and How We Can Stop.”
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If we cannot properly speak on the proper ground of science, can it truly be called science?People working together should never ignore one another.