DOIs, or Direct Object Identifiers, are fantastically useful little strings of text that serve to uniquely identify research papers, so that no matter what database you’re querying and no matter what paper you’re linking to, you’ll get the right thing back. Unlike books in a library, which can have later …

CT scans of the fossilized skull of Dwykaselachus oosthuizeni — a shark-like fish that lived during the Permian period, around 280 million years ago — reveal the origin of chimaeras, a group of cartilaginous fish related to sharks. The research appears today in the journal Nature. Reconstruction of the early …

New experimental antibiotics developed by chemists at the University of Connecticut successfully treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. The success is due to their strategy, which found a weakness and exploited it in a way the bacteria should have trouble countering. Stephanie M. Reeve et al. identified two plasmid-borne genes …

Photo: canadianopera on Instagram Though we are at the start of a new year, Canada’s major opera companies are only half way through their yearly season. This January, companies across the country will launch their new productions. From traditional reproductions of 1700s classics to unique interpretations of Shakespearean plays, January …

2016 marked another year of staggering growth in search as it continues to infuse our lives with more answers, more intelligence and more meaning. It was a year of voice searches, digitized consumer decision journeys, omnichannel shopping, chatbots and disruptive technologies that jolted us forward. Below are some of the …

A full range of SSL products are available on the market today that cater to various domain and security needs. Though many webmasters are exploring the possibilities, hoping a move to SSL will boost their search rankings, it can be overwhelming to try to compare these options, let alone fully …

Google’s latest update to its iOS app is out, and it includes a few changes that mean searchers won’t need to leave the app as often as in the past. Here’s the three-part bullet list from Google’s release notes: Watch YouTube videos right in your feed — instantly play YouTube …

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google’s updated iOS app pulls in YouTube videos, menus moreJan 4, 2017 by Matt McGee Version 22 gives searchers fewer reasons to need to leave the …

HEY GUYS! Today’s video is 5 of my favorite EASY VEGAN BREAKFAST IDEAS. Tbh, vegan breakfasts (and all other meals) are MUCH easier than people …

The International Space Station is getting on in years, and at some point in the next decade we’re going to learn the date of its shutdown. But what comes next? A new company called Axiom Space has a plan to launch a commercial space station in the next few years, which …