Nauka coraz nudniejsza - Szklane żaby - Rzymski beton samoleczący | Czytamy naturę #149

In episode 149 of "Reading Nature," I talk about: 1) 00:51 the process of science becoming boring – fewer and fewer articles introduce innovations to the discipline; 2) 09:26 frogs that can withdraw 90% of their red blood cells to the liver to achieve transparency; 3) 13:52 ancient Roman concrete that has the ability to heal itself. Sources: 1) Park, M., Leahey, E., & Funk, R. J. (2023). Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over time. Nature, 613(7942), 138-144. https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158... 2) Taboada, C., Delia, J., Chen, M., Ma, C., Peng, X., Zhu, X., ... & Johnsen, S. (2022). Glassfrogs conceal blood in their liver to maintain transparency. Science, 378(6626), 1315-1320. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... 3) Seymour, L. M., Maragh, J., Sabatini, P., Di Tommaso, M., Weaver, J. C., & Masic, A. (2023). Hot mixing: Mechanistic insights into the durability of ancient Roman concrete. Science Advances, 9(1), eadd1602. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... This material was created with funding from the Excellence Initiative Strategic Program at the Jagiellonian University.