“Unparalleled Discovery” of Ancient Skeletons Reveals First Use of Maize in Mesoamerica
Almost any grocery store is filled with products made from corn, also known as maize, in every aisle: fresh corn, canned corn, corn cereal, taco…
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$3 Million Kavli Prizes Awarded to Scientists for Discoveries in Astrophysics, Nanoscience, Neuroscience
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters today announced the 2020 Kavli Prize Laureates in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience. This year’s Kavli…
Paleontologist Finds Cannibalism in Predatory Jurassic Dinosaurs
Researchers surveyed more than 2,000 dinosaur bones from the Jurassic Mygatt-Moore Quarry, a 152-million-year-old fossil deposit in western Colorado, looking for bite marks. They found…
100-Year-Old Physics Problem Finally Solved – Accurately Predicts Transmission of Infectious Diseases
A Bristol academic has achieved a milestone in statistical/mathematical physics by solving a 100-year-old physics problem – the discrete diffusion equation in finite space. The…
Breakthrough in Artificial Photosynthetic System That Produces Clean and Renewable Energy From Sunlight and Water
Understanding nature’s process could inform the next generation of artificial photosynthetic systems that produce clean and renewable energy from sunlight and water. Photosystem II is…
Chinese Pterodactyl Wings Its Way to England
The first ever specimen of a pterodactyl, more commonly found in China and Brazil, has been found in the United Kingdom. A fossil hunter recently…
New Research Reveals Cannabis on Iron Age Altars at the Judahite Shrine of Biblical Arad
Analysis of the material on two Iron Age altars discovered at the entrance to the “holy of holies” of a shrine at Tel Arad in…
COVID-19: Domestic Violence Up, Traffic Stops and Burglaries Down
Study Shows Domestic Violence Reports on the Rise As COVID-19 Keeps People at Home UCLA-led analysis of calls to police in LA, Indianapolis also shows…
Jurassic Dinosaurs Turned to Scavenging – Maybe Even Cannibalism – In Stressed Ecosystems
In Colorado quarry: Oddly abundant scavenging and first evidence of Allosaurus cannibals. Among dinosaurs of ancient Colorado, scavenging and possibly cannibalism were responses to a…
New MIT Search-and-Rescue Algorithm Identifies Hidden “Traps” in Ocean Waters
Method may help quickly identify regions where objects — and missing people — may have converged. The ocean is a messy and turbulent space, where…