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Reflecting on the future of open science during the closing plenary session “The 2035 science roadmap,” Frontiers CEO and Co-founder Kamila Markram reiterated the value of making science openly ...

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A study published in The Journal of Positive Psychology found that individuals who engaged in a creative hobby had an increase in well being that continued into the next day, contributing to an ...

When the United States faced the looming threat of World War II in the 1930s, it bet big on science — and won. The nation invested billions of dollars in research at universities and in industry. That ...