The remains of numerous individuals unearthed on the site of the former Hospital of St. John the Evangelist. Credit: Cambridge Archaeological Unit The first study…
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Skulls of early Homo from Georgia with an ape-like brain (left) and from Indonesia with a human-like brain (right). Credit: M. Ponce de León and…
These days, major league baseball fastball pitches routinely top 100 mph. Pitchers’ fastballs are getting better and better. From 2008 to 2020, the average speeds…
Ethiopia may produce less specialty coffee and more rather bland tasting varieties in the future. This is the result of a new study by an…
Genetic material from COVID-19 can survive up to a month in dust, a new study has found, offering a possible low-cost way to track outbreaks.…
This inflatable shelter is out of thick plastic sheets and can pop up or fold flat. Credit: Image courtesy of Benjamin Gorissen/David Melancon/Harvard SEAS Next-generation…
WTSWW’s Skokholm Island. Credit: Lucy Griffiths Chance finds dating back 9000 years tell new story of Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire. Chance finds of prehistoric stone tools…
[embedded content] Scientists have for the first time captured the complex dynamics of particle movement in granular materials, helping to explain why mixed nuts often…
Mario Kart gives players falling behind in the race the best power-ups, designed to bump them towards the front of the pack and keep them…
This burial site in a badlands area of AlUla in north-west Saudi Arabia is currently rare for Neolithic-Chalcolithic Arabia in being built above-ground and meant…
The social science literature has long viewed homophily and network-based job recruitment as crucial drivers of segregation. Researchers at Linköping University and ESADE, Ramon Llull…
Analysis of what’s known about the dinosaur leads to conclusion there were 2.5 billion over time. How many Tyrannosaurus rexes roamed North America during the…
The first in-depth look at the human ability to decode the range of emotions tied to the acoustic cues of screams. People are adept at…
Gray wolves take down a horse on the mammoth-steppe habitat of Beringia during the late Pleistocene (around 25,000 years ago). Credit: Julius Csotonyi Gray wolves…
Skulls of early Homo from Georgia with an ape-like brain (left) and from Indonesia with a human-like brain (right). Credit: M. Ponce de León and…
For the study, the researchers created a computer model of a classroom with students and a teacher, then modeled airflow and disease transmission, and calculated…
A new algorithm offers insights into consumer spending by identifying what someone purchased from only the bill total. At first, it seemed like the algorithm…
Not least because of the COVID-19 pandemic, conspiracy theories are more topical than ever. They are reported and discussed in almost all media and communication…
Credit: UCR Trilobites Had a Leg Up on Breathing A new study has found the first evidence of sophisticated breathing organs in 450-million-year-old sea creatures.…
Americans used 7 percent less energy in 2020 due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 energy flow chart released by Lawrence Livermore National…