Perplexing gazelle stotting behavior baffles scientists: Is it a show of strength, a warning signal, or something more?

Hanging upside down for up to 20 hours a day, sloths’ sleeping habits reveal surprising adaptations for survival. But why do they need so much rest?

Witness the jaguar’s lethal prowess as it stalks its prey. What makes this big cat nature’s perfect predator?

Intricate patterns with hidden secrets, leopard spots are more than mere beauty marks—discover their surprising role in survival and science.

Powerful jaws crush prey with astounding force, but what makes crocodile bites so devastating?

From deep slumbers to remarkable adaptations, bear hibernation holds secrets that could revolutionize human medicine and our understanding of survival in extreme conditions.

TL;DR: Codeium offers a free Copilot-like experience in Positron. You can install it from the Open VSX registry directly within the extensions pane in Positron.

This post expands further on the assertion recently made by Danny Kingsley in her post on “Language co-option in the open space” that “words matter” when trying to have meaningful conversations about open access. Not only do words matter for creating common agreement, but words can also actively create biases, inform decision-making, and even thwart the visions of open publishing and infrastructure advocates most want to champion.

It’s 1 January 2021. Dozing in bed, floating in that warm & fuzzy limbo between dreams and reality, and that’s where it hits him. That lightbulb moment. (At last!) He sits bolt-upright in bed, punches the air and shouts: “You know what, honey, I’m gonna start a papermill!”. She snorts awake; reluctantly conscious. Oh no. Not again. Not another hare-brained scheme… “…and, by the end of next year, we’ll publish 20,000 fake papers!”.

Kelvin J McQueen reviews A Phenomenological Approach to Quantum Mechanics, by Steven French

In den USA ist eine Kartellklage gegen sechs Wissenschaftsverlage anhängig. Die Vorwürfe: Unlautere Geschäftspraktiken, unmäßig hohe Gewinne und Behinderung der Wissenschaft. In Deutschland wurden gegen drei Verlage Beschwerden wegen Datenschutzverstößen durch Datentracking eingereicht. Dazu zählt auch der Nomos-Verlag.