This week you may have been looking skyward at night to catch the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower, but have you ever wondered how experts can use such events to improve our understanding and mathematical modeling of potential hazards? In this paper, risk to satellites/astronauts was reassessed
In academia, there’s a phrase every researcher hears early in their career: publish or perish. It’s meant as a warning - keep producing papers, or risk your career stalling. But over time, it’s become more than a warning. It’s become the operating system of the scientific
Formal and informal peer review is one of the cornerstones of science - but in its traditional form, it can be fraught with personal politics or professional risks. Many researchers have experienced the frustration of reading a flawed paper and knowing they could offer valuable critique, but staying silent for
Published 22 May 2025 Target mosquito parasites with drugs to cut malaria, study saysNormally the insects are targeted with insecticide, but US researchers say anti-malaria drugs absorbed through their legs can stop them spreading disease.BBC News Check out the paper on Paperstars: In vivo screen of Plasmodium targets for
Peer review is a cornerstone of science — but who gets to review, and whose voices are missing, matters more than we often admit. Here’s why diversity in peer review isn’t just a fairness issue — it’s a scientific one.
