Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Behind the Book | Hawking Hawking: author Charles Seife on how he cracked the cosmologist’s myth
The British cosmologist Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) was probably the most recognizable scientist of the last 50 years. Many of his greatest contributions were in the study of black holes.
Can Machine Learning Predict Alcohol Levels over the Legal Limit?
By Dr. Kirstin Aschbacher and colleagues.
The fuxianhuiid story, or the inner workings of a paradigmatic science
Did the peer-review process become a fortress of favoured paradigms?
Towards the control of supercontraction in biomimetic artificial spider silk
Biomimetic spider silk can be an important tool to understand better the natural counterparts. Moreover, it allows material scientists to produce engineered materials with desired properties. In this case, the response of artificial spider silk to humidity is investigated.
