Fri.May 05, 2023

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Life with pets: Research Topics on living with animals

Frontiers

Has domestication induced cognitive changes in domesticated species? How can we optimize nutrition for dogs and cats? What is it about cats that makes their behaviors so enticing? We put together the top Research Topics about animals living with us. Read about the amazing research done by scientists from across the globe. With more than 1.4 million collective views, researchers explored topics such as the benefits and history of human-animal interaction, how animals perceive and differentiate be

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Infectious Diseases Conspiracy Theories: How to Fight Them?

Gideon

Infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics are a hotbed of conspiracy theories; the COVID pandemic is no exception. The threat of getting sick or dying, the fear of uncertainty, misinformation, and mistrust in vaccines or treatment methods are all factors that play a role in spreading infectious diseases conspiracy theories. Unfortunately, just like a highly contagious virus, the faster a conspiracy theory spreads and infects a community, the harder it is to correct or eliminate it.

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Funders share insights on open science 

Frontiers

Earlier this spring Frontiers hosted a research funders discussion forum to explore the challenges and opportunities faced by funders in supporting and incentivizing open science. Representatives from the European Research Council (ERC), Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO), Volkswagen Foundation and FIIBAP came together for the first time in an open discussion about the respective roles of funders and publishers in open science.

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Podcast from Washington: Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations process in Congress / Healthy People 2020

The NACCHO Podcast Series

In this week’s podcast, the National Association of County and City Health Officials ’ Government Affairs team members Kerry Allen and Lauren Mastroberardino provided an update on the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations process in Congress, including how the debt ceiling negotiations may factor in, as well as ongoing congressional investigations into COVID-19 origins.