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When and why did human brains decrease in size 3,000 years ago? New study may have found clues within ants. The brain is the most…
Artistic reconstruction of a Mussaurus patagonicus nest. Credit: Jorge Gonzalez Fossils indicate a communal nesting ground and adults who foraged and took care of the…
A new study finds that our brain cells rely on a circuit of inhibitory neurons to help ensure that the same images are represented consistently.…
Life reconstruction of herbivorous dinosaurs based on 220-million-year-old fossil footprints from Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Credit: Anthony Romilio “Raptor-like” dinosaur discovered in an Australian mine, actually…
Modern tree sculpture of a Viking. Columbus was not the first European to reach the Americas. The Vikings got there centuries beforehand, although exactly when…
Cretapsara athanata: The first crab in amber from the dinosaur era. Credit: Xiao Jia (Longyin Amber Museum) Discovery provides new insights into the evolution of…
Consumers are still finding bare store shelves. Walk into any U.S. store these days and you’re likely to see empty shelves. Shortages of virtually every…
The invention of bit and bridle eventually led to the evolution of armed mounted warriors like the one depicted in an Assyrian relief from 8th…
Reconnaissance Marine training is deliberately difficult. About 25-40% of entering services members voluntarily withdraw within the first month. While some characteristics of attrition have been…
Is there weather on MarsMars is the second smallest planet in our solar system and the fourth planet from the sun. Iron oxide is prevalent…
How inequality is expressed matters for policy views. Americans may respect and admire how individual billionaires – think Oprah Winfrey or Bill Gates – made…
UMass Amherst researchers win NSF award to help re-envision the growing, selling and buying of coffee. Coffee, that savior of the underslept, comes with enormous…
Tracks in the sand: One of over 50 footprints of predecessors of early humans identified in 2017 near Trachilos, Crete. Dating techniques have now shown…
We tend to avoid choosing apples with brown spots, assuming that they taste bad. But if we are to end food waste, we’ll need to…
A chimpanzee in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Credit: Daniel J. Field When an asteroid struck 66 million years ago and wiped out dinosaurs not related…
Olive sea snakes are among the largest marine snake species, and are abundant on some coral-reef areas. Credit: Jack Breedon Attacks by venomous Olive sea…
Dedicated circuits evaluate uncertainty in the brain, preventing it from using unreliable information to make decisions. As we interact with the world, we are constantly…
“I think about it every day and dream about it at night. It’s been my whole life for five years now,” says Enrico Amico, a…
What do synchronized vibrations add to the mind/body question? Why is my awareness here, while yours is over there? Why is the universe split in…