New Species of Giant Flying Reptile Identified: “Frozen Dragon of the North”
The creature is similar to the largest pterosaurs known. Key characteristics were gleaned from a cache of bones unearthed in Canada. A USC scientist and…
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Watching Music Move Through the Brain
Listening to and remembering music involve different cognitive processes. Scientists have observed how the human brain represents a familiar piece of music, according to research…
Hard As Diamond? 43 New Forms of Superhard Carbon Predicted by Scientists
A study identifies dozens of new carbon structures that are expected to be superhard, including some that may be about as hard as diamonds. Superhard…
How Ancient Technology Made Dead Sea Scroll Last for Millennia
Study of Dead Sea Scroll sheds light on a lost ancient parchment-making technology. First discovered in 1947 by Bedouin shepherds looking for a lost sheep,…
Using Plants to Combat Prison Recidivism
Determining whether horticultural programs can stem repeat offenses. A study out of Texas State University attempted to determine the number of available horticultural community service…
65 Year Old Math Puzzle Finally Solved With Ingenuity and a Supercomputer
Sum of three cubes for 42 finally solved – using real life planetary computer. Hot on the heels of the ground-breaking ‘Sum-Of-Three-Cubes’ solution for the…
Threat to Democratic Decision Making: ‘Information Gerrymandering’
Subtle features of social network structure can lead to biased outcomes in group decisions. Electoral gerrymandering, in which political districts are drawn to favor one…
Voters Are Influenced by “Information Gerrymandering.” Here’s How.
Many voters today seem to live in partisan bubbles, where they receive only partial information about how others feel regarding political issues. Now, an experiment…
Study Finds Students Who Do Not Date Are Not Social Misfits
Prior research identified four distinct dating trajectories from 6th to 12th grade: Low, Increasing, High Middle School, and Frequent. In a new study published in…
Can AI Spot Liars via Facial Expressions?
Though algorithms are increasingly being deployed in all facets of life, a new USC study has found that they fail basic tests as truth detectors….
Old World Monkeys Vocalizations May Be More Sophisticated Than Previously Realized
Study shows Old World monkeys combine items in speech — but only two and never more, unlike humans. The utterances of Old World monkeys, some…
Corralling Quantum Cats: From Cheshire Cat to Schrodinger’s Cat
New book helps readers better understand the elusive ‘Cheshire cat’ we call the quantum world, and sheds new light on longstanding conceptual problems in quantum…
New Technologies to Extract Clean Fuel From Sunlight
Securing enough energy to meet human needs is one of the greatest challenges society has ever faced. Previously reliable sources–oil, gas and coal–are degrading air…
Microbes May Contribute to Heart Attacks
Microorganisms in the body may contribute to the destabilization of coronary plaques and subsequent heart attack, according to late breaking research presented today at ESC…
Large-Scale Study Shows There’s No ‘Gay Gene’
According to a genome-wide association study involving more than 470,000 people, a person’s genetic variants do not meaningfully predict whether they will engage in same-sex…
Ancient Civilizations Were Already Messing Up the Planet
As issues like climate change, global warming, and renewable energy dominate the national conversation, it’s easy to assume these topics are exclusive to the modern…
Humans Were Changing the Planet 4,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought
Humans had caused significant landcover change on Earth up to 4000 years earlier than previously thought, University of Queensland researchers have found. The School of…
Archeologist Discover Artifacts That Suggest People Arrived in North America 1,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
Stone tools and other artifacts unearthed from an archeological dig at the Cooper’s Ferry site in western Idaho suggest that people lived in the area…