Archival Data Integrity

Vikings Revisited: Did Mars Show Life in 1976?

This week scientists revisit Viking data from 1976 and argue that positive signals in early life-detection experiments may have been wiped out by the very tests designed to find t… Фев 17, 2026

Technology

Women Drive Rise in Adult ADHD Prescriptions

Two large real-world analyses — one spanning five European countries (2010–2023) and an Ontario population study (2015–2023) — report sharp increases in ADHD medication use driven… Янв 26, 2026

Science

Antarctica’s Ice Vault Stores Vanishing Climate Data

A new cold‑storage sanctuary at Concordia Station has received its first glacial ice cores this week, securing climate records threatened by rapid glacier loss. The facility aims … Янв 21, 2026

Space

Goddard Library Closed, Collections Facing Disposal

NASA has closed its largest research library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, triggering a 60‑day review that officials say will determine which items are warehoused and which … Янв 03, 2026

Science

Six Lost Cities Archaeologists Still Haven’t Found

From looted archives to river-changed landscapes, six ancient capitals are known from texts but remain unlocated. This article explains what scholars know about each site and the … Дек 28, 2025

Space

MAVEN May Be Lost Around Mars

NASA engineers are racing to re-establish contact with the MAVEN orbiter after it failed to reconnect following a routine pass behind Mars on 6 December 2025; partial tracking dat… Дек 16, 2025

Environment

EPA Erases Human-Caused Climate Language

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has edited and removed pages that explicitly link modern warming to human activity, replacing clear scientific language with references to… Дек 14, 2025

Science

DNA 'Cassette Tape' Stores Petabytes, Lasts Millennia

A Chinese team has built a working prototype that prints synthetic DNA onto a long plastic tape and retrieves files with a cassette‑like drive; it promises petabyte‑level density … Дек 12, 2025

Science

The Matilda Effect: Women Erased From Science

A long-running pattern in science history — the Matilda Effect — has left pioneering women under-credited, from early climate researchers to nuclear physicists and medical chemist… Дек 08, 2025

Space

No Easy Explanation: Palomar's 70‑Year Mystery

Re-examination of 1950s Palomar Observatory photographic plates has reignited debate over short-lived star-like flashes that vanished within an hour. New papers find statistical l… Ноя 29, 2025

Articles about archival data integrity

Vikings Revisited: Did Mars Show Life in 1976?

Women Drive Rise in Adult ADHD Prescriptions

Antarctica’s Ice Vault Stores Vanishing Climate Data

Goddard Library Closed, Collections Facing Disposal

Six Lost Cities Archaeologists Still Haven’t Found

MAVEN May Be Lost Around Mars

EPA Erases Human-Caused Climate Language

DNA 'Cassette Tape' Stores Petabytes, Lasts Millennia

The Matilda Effect: Women Erased From Science

No Easy Explanation: Palomar's 70‑Year Mystery