“Playing Hard to Get” Really Works – Here’s the Science
We tend to like people who like us — a basic human trait that psychologists have termed “reciprocity of attraction.” This principle generally works well…
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DNA Increases Our Understanding of Stone Age Cultures and Battle Axe Cultural Influences
What kind of interactions did the various Stone Age cultures have with one another? In a new interdisciplinary study, researchers have combined archaeological and genetic…
Microfiber Forensics: How to Reduce Microfiber Loss From Washing Clothes
Almost 13,000 tonnes of microfibers, equivalent to two rubbish trucks every day, are being released into European marine environments every year. A new study has…
Monkeys Experience the Uncanny Valley Effect, Just Like Humans
Monkeys Appreciate Lifelike Animation: New Realistic Avatar Can Overcome Uncanny Valley Effect Monkeys can overcome their aversion to animated monkeys through a more realistic avatar,…
Canine Science Study: Yes, Your Dog Wants to Rescue You
ASU Canine Science Collaboratory study shows that pet dogs will try to save their distressed human, as long as they know how. What to do….
Design That Makes a Difference: Fusing Art, Science, and Product Design at MIT
Fusing art, science, and product design, senior Jierui Fang has followed — and sometimes created — her own path at MIT. Her first year on…
Experimenting With Iron Under Pressure to Better Understand the Physics, Chemistry, and Magnetic Properties of Earth
Iron is the most stable and heaviest chemical element produced by nucleosynthesis in stars, making it the most abundant heavy element in the universe and…
New Fiber Optic Seismic Array in Pasadena Precisely Tracked the Rose Parade
New seismic array is sensitive enough to distinguish individual floats and bands. In November, Caltech and the City of Pasadena unveiled a new citywide fiber…
Superworms Digest Plastic: Superpower Made Possible by Bacterial Sidekicks
Resembling giant mealworms, superworms (Zophobas atratus) are beetle larvae that are often sold in pet stores as feed for reptiles, fish, and birds. In addition…
Large-Scale Experiment Shows People Want to Help Each Other, Even When It Costs Them Something
People are more generous than not and try to do right by each other, no matter the motivation. People want to help each other, even…
“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…
One-in-a-Million “Shellebrity” Garden Snail: Global Campaign Finds Two Lefties Make a Right
A global campaign to help find a mate for a left-coiling snail called ‘Jeremy’ has enabled scientists to understand how mirror-image garden snails are formed….
Easing COVID-19 Lockdowns Slowly May Be Better for Global Economy
A cautious approach to easing lockdown restrictions that reduces the risk of later lockdowns may be better for the global supply chain in the long…
Mathematicians Resolve Complex Geometry Question First Asked 60 Years Ago
Dr. Kerin is only the second Irish mathematician to have a published article in the Annals of Mathematics. An Irish mathematician, Dr. Martin Kerin, from…
Scientists Discover What a 2900 Pound Armored Dinosaur Ate for Its Last Meal 110 Million Years Ago
More than 110 million years ago, a lumbering 1,300-kilogram (~2900 lbs), armor-plated dinosaur ate its last meal, died, and was washed out to sea in…
SpaceX Demo-2 Crew Dragon Reaches Orbit
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley on their way to the International Space Station has safely reached orbit,…
Einstein’s Two Big Mistakes
Scientific research is based on the relationship between the reality of nature, as it is observed, and a representation of this reality, formulated by a…
Laser and Biology Experts Combine Efforts to Study Viruses in Droplets
Multiprong platform at the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Center will produce X-ray images and chemical details. Laser and biology experts at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory…