Could small-team science be dying out? - Nature

Dying corals may have found an unexpected lifeline: their neighbours. Scientists at Stanford University have discovered a way to bring corals back from the brink of death by placing them in contact with healthy corals for just a few days.

Home » News analysis » Is science journalism dying? Comparing a ‘science crash’ 40 years ago to today When two popular science magazines – out of about 17 in circulation – ceased publication in the same year, one commentator said, “The science magazines didn’t shake out. They fell apart.” The general manager of one of the failed magazines said, “There was a perception that they were irrelevant.” One of the publishers remembered being in a “state of shock” as the failures emerged.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher Isaiah Santistevan led the development of three-dimensional simulations exploring how a nuclear device could deflect or disrupt an asteroid threatening Earth. Credit: Blaise Douros/LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a nuclear device could be used to deflect or potentially disrupt an asteroid threatening Earth.