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University of Georgia

Public research university in Athens, Georgia, with colleges including Terry College of Business and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Known aliases

  • Terry College of Business
  • UGA
  • UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Current stories

scienceOne report1 publisher

Bobwhite quail roosting in woody cover were about twice as likely to survive in southern Indiana

University of Georgia researchers found bobwhite roosting in woody cover about twice as likely to survive. They tracked birds in southern Indiana. The almost 90% decline since the 1960s is a Georgia Department of Natural Resources figure.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+8
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence60
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Diseased corals were nearly four times as likely to die in the Florida Keys' 2023 heat wave

University of Georgia researchers found diseased Florida Keys corals were nearly four times as likely as healthy ones to die in the 2023 heat wave. The authors argue cleaner local water would therefore save coral, a step the reported data support only indirectly, through disease.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+20
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence50
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Investors who lean on social media rate their knowledge above what an 11-question quiz shows

University of Georgia surveys of 2,500-plus US investors find those who lean on social media feel sure of their knowledge but do worse on basic questions. Because the evidence comes from surveys, it can place the overconfidence among social media users but cannot establish that the platforms produced it.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption25
Hype gap+20
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence45
scienceConfirmed2 publishers

A regenerating flatworm neuron gets its transmitter and its position from six of ten identified genes

University of Georgia researchers report the ten genes in Nature Communications and characterized six of them in detail. Knocking some of them out left planarians unable to make new dopamine neurons and slow to move.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 47%
Operator
Operator 35%
Investor
Investor 18%

Reality

Evidence66
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+24
Incentives58
Confidence62
scienceOne report1 publisher

Detection dogs pushed a Georgia weasel camera survey's hit rate from 1.5% to 81%

Detection dogs found weasels on ground where hundreds of randomly placed cameras had recorded almost nothing. The habitat rules that came out of that then put cameras in the right places elsewhere in Georgia.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption25
Hype gap+12
Incentives70
Confidence55
scienceOne report1 publisher

A swept light sheet records zebrafish seizures starting in the hindbrain and running forward

A University of Georgia microscope imaged zebrafish brains four volumes a second and saw seizures begin at the back and travel to the front, agreeing with one earlier 3D study and disagreeing with two 2D ones. Peter Kner says the field needs more imaging.

Publishers:physicsworld.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+22
Incentives45
Confidence56
scienceOne report1 publisher

Expecting an AI grader pushed job seekers to embellish in a University of Georgia experiment

Applicants who believed software would score their one-way videos stretched the truth more often, the rating agent scored them no lower for it, and telling them what it measured brought the exaggeration back down.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence54
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+18
Incentives58
Confidence47
scienceOne report1 publisher

A 270,000-person genetic analysis ties higher tyrosine to nearly a year less life in men

Researchers in Hong Kong and Georgia paired blood measurements with a Mendelian randomization arm. The male estimate survived where the female one stayed null. Neither arm looked at anyone taking the supplement.

Publishers:sciencedaily.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+42
Incentives60
Confidence58
scienceOne report1 publisher

Gut DNA from 200 Joro spiders finds a fly-heavy diet native orb weavers largely ignore

A University of Georgia study across 33 sites found 26 prey species unique to the invader and no change in native diets where the two overlap. That weakens the food-competition worry without settling the impact question.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence61
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+14
Incentives58
Confidence54
scienceOne report1 publisher

A methylation clock for sharks, checked to within two years on aquarium zebra sharks

University of Georgia researchers report the first epigenetic age clock validated in a shark, built from 10 DNA methylation markers in blood. The alternative is killing the animal.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence52
Adoption18
Hype gap+32
Incentives68
Confidence44
scienceOne report1 publisher

A 100-million-year-old lignin detour is the transferable part of the grass story

A Science paper says grasses gained a second starch route and inherited a second lignin route, and that two mutations suffice to build the lignin bypass. The genes are not named in the public account.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence48
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+34
Incentives62
Confidence44
scienceOne report1 publisher

Media literacy tracked trust in 1,300 Indian adults. WhatsApp use tracked the opposite.

Two University of Kansas surveys move a Western research staple to India. Media literacy was the strongest predictor of institutional trust, and it did not predict civic engagement at all.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+18
Incentives58
Confidence38