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"Publish or Perish" - The Perils of Scientific Research in Academia

Alerte à la fraude scientifique! (Olivia RECASENS, Le Point.fr ; 19/10/2016) http://www.lepoint.fr/science/alerte-a-la-fraude-scientifique-19-10-2016-2077093_25.php Stanford researchers uncover patterns in how scientists lie about their data (Bjorn CAREY, Stanford News : November 16, 2015) http://news.stanford.edu/2015/11/16/fraud-science-papers-111615/ Selected Research Articles: Fraud Triangle and Ethical Leadership Perspectives on Detecting and Preventing Academic Research Misconduct ( ARIAIL and CRUMBLEY , 2016) http://web.nacva.com/JFIA/Issues/JFIA-2016-No3-6.pdf The Changing Publication Practices in Academia:  Inherent Uses and Issues in Open Access and Online Publishing and the Rise of Fraudulent Publications ( MCNAUGHT, 2015) http://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jep/3336451.0018.308?view=text;rgn=main The White Bull effect:  abusive co-authorship and publication parasitism ( KWOK , 2004) http://jme.bmj.com/content/31/9/554.full.pdf+html

What Lies Beneath: A Missing Seismic Link Discovered (San Pablo Bay, CA)

Missing link between Hayward and Rodgers Creek faults (WATTS et al. , 2016) http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/advances/2/10/e1601441.full.pdf U. S. Geological Survey Soil Type and Hazard in the San Francisco Bay Area http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/soiltype/ N. B.:  Interactive Map available on the aforementioned USGS Earthquake website. Geologic Map of the San Francisco Bay Region http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/sfgeo/geologic/images/sfbr-Geologyposter-100.jpg Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Seismic Monitor Interactive Map http://ds.iris.edu/seismon/

Dangerous Beauty & Fashion to "Die For"

Killer Clothing Was All the Rage in the 19th Century (Becky LITTLE, National Geographic ; October 17, 2016) http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/dress-hat-fashion-clothing-mercury-arsenic-poison-history/ The 7 Deadliest Fashion Trends of All Time (Ria MISRA, iO9 ; June 24, 2014) http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-7-deadliest-fashion-trends-of-all-time-1595312875 The Most Dangerous Beauty Through the Ages (Cheryl WISCHHOVER,  New York Magazine ; December 17, 2013) http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/12/most-dangerous-beauty-through-the-ages.html

The Dark Night Sky - OLBERS' Paradox

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Astronomers may now fully understand why the sky is dark at night (Dave MOSHER, Business Insider ; October 13, 2016) https://amp.businessinsider.com/hubble-number-galaxies-space-universe-2016-10?ref=yfp Selected Research Articles: On Olbers' Paradox   ( BONNER , 1964) http://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/content/128/1/33.full.pdf+html Why the sky is dark at night ( HARRISON , 1974) http://www.if.ufrj.br/~orca/intcosmo/122/Harrison_PhysToday_27_30_1974_Why_the_sky_is_dark_at_night.pdf Impact of galactic and intergalactic dust on the stellar EBL ( VAVRYČUK , 2016 ) http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10509-016-2785-1.pdf Video: Why is it Dark at Night?   ( MinutePhysics ; September 30, 2012)

The Great ShakeOut - October 20, 2016

Great ShakeOut:  Earthquake Drills ( shakeout.org ) http://www.shakeout.org/ Recommended Earthquake Safety Actions ( shakeout.org ) http://www.earthquakecountry.org/downloads/ShakeOut_Recommended_Earthquake_Safety_Actions.pdf

"Hranická Propast" and other Notable Deep Underwater Caves or Sinkholes

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Exclusive:  Deepest Underwater Cave Discovered (Kat LONG, National Geographic ; September 29, 2016) http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/activities/caving-and-canyoneering/deepest-underwater-cave-discovered/ World's deepest underwater cave found in Czech Republic (Monica SCISLOWSKA, Phys.org ; September 30, 2016) http://phys.org/news/2016-09-explorer-deepest-underwater-cave.html Have These Divers Found the World's Deepest Underwater Cave? (Mark M. SYNNOTT, National Geographic ; September 4, 2015) http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/08/150904-cave-dive-czech-polish-deepest-flooded-adventure/ N. B.:   The aforementioned article contains an embedded  video of  Hranická Propast . Other Notable Deep Underwater Caves/Sinkholes Il Pozzo del Merro (Italy) - Documentary originally made for RAI tv  ( N. B. :   In Italian! ) Acqua e fuoco 1.wmv ( BLUSUB ; March 17, 2011) Acqua e fuoco 2.wmv ( BLUSUB ; March 17, 2011) ...