Scientific research

The workhorse of ocean drilling may have made its final voyage – here’s why scientists don’t want JOIDES resolution to be put on hold

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Sadly, the JOIDES Resolution, also known as the JR, may have sailed for the last time. On August 2, 2024, it docked in Amsterdam, with no clear path to raising the $72 million per year needed to keep the ship afloat. The majority of this funding comes from the U.S. National Science Foundation, which announced … Read more

Parents ‘misled’ by unhealthy baby food in US supermarkets, study warns

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Parents are being ‘misled’ by health claims on baby food sold in major US supermarkets, research published today has found. Manufacturers use advertising claims to distract consumers from a product’s poor nutritional value and create the misleading impression that it is healthy, researchers from the George Institute for Global Health wrote in a scientific journal. … Read more