New Study Links Optimism To Lower Cognitive Abilities
Research highlights adverse effects on financial well-being. Optimistic thinking, often celebrated in self-help literature as a pathway to happiness, health, and longer life, can also…
Research highlights adverse effects on financial well-being. Optimistic thinking, often celebrated in self-help literature as a pathway to happiness, health, and longer life, can also…
Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered that ancient reptiles, capable of gliding, were once inhabitants of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. These creatures,…
A major research project has produced a collection of ‘bone biographies’ that narrate the lives of individuals from medieval Cambridge, as interpreted from their skeletal…
Through advanced geospatial modeling, new research uncovers the ancient “mobility highways” that connected communities across the Tibetan Plateau, shedding light on the role of environmental…
A novel approach by the University of Sydney utilizes artificial scents to deter herbivores from consuming valuable plants, showing significant promise in ecological conservation and…
Do climate change deniers bend the facts to avoid having to modify their environmentally harmful behavior? Researchers from the University of Bonn and the Institute…
UK research on over 580,000 dogs shows small long-nosed breeds have the highest, and medium flat-faced breeds the lowest, life expectancies. Small long-nosed (or dolichocephalic)…
A team of researchers has unearthed what appears to be a lost valley of cities, a discovery that is nothing short of incredible. A new…
Optical thermometry utilizing upconversion (UC) luminescence from lanthanides offers both high sensitivity and swift response times. This technique is grounded in the principle of UC…
RIKEN researchers have mapped the evolution of plant immunity, uncovering a pathway to engineer crops with enhanced disease resistance. Plants are continuously evolving new immune…
The arrival of Homo sapiens in cold northern latitudes took place several thousand years before Neanderthals disappeared in southwest Europe. The three published studies describe…
Archaeologists in Sweden have uncovered a grave in Tiarp, dating back to 3500 BCE, notable for missing skulls and large bones. The grave contains remains…
Open-source camera and software system records natural animal-view videos with over 90% accuracy. A new camera system allows ecologists and filmmakers to produce videos that…
For the first time, researchers have used bacteria to “upcycle” waste polyethylene. Move over Spider-Man: Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a strain of…
Data generated by citizen scientists offer researchers new insight into how people adapt and move differently to correct for movement errors. A new research study…
A study on Alston’s singing mice demonstrates that the brain can adapt our perception of time, a finding with significant implications for understanding complex brain…
FAU Harbor Branch scientists discover distinctive patterns of cell damage linked to toxins in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon. The Indian River Lagoon (IRL) in Florida,…
New findings, including the discovery of Eoneophron infernalis, suggest that dinosaurs, particularly caenagnathids, were not declining in diversity before the asteroid impact, contradicting earlier theories…