People Prefer Round Numbers – Even When It May Cost Them Money
Study shows people prefer monthly payments in multiples of $100, even when it may cost them money. Do you have a monthly car payment, or…
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Paleontologists Find Evidence of Dog Domestication During Last Ice Age – 28,500 Years Ago
Analysis of Paleolithic-era teeth from a 28,500-year-old fossil site in the Czech Republic provides supporting evidence for two groups of canids – one dog-like and…
New Method Developed to Isolate Atomic Sheets and Create New Materials
New exfoliation method makes large-area atomically thin layers that can be stacked in any desired order and orientation to generate a whole new class of…
Earliest Interbreeding Between Ancient Human Populations Discovered – Evolutionary Puzzle Solved
Neanderthal-Denisovan ancestors interbred with a distantly related hominin 700,000 years ago. For three years, anthropologist Alan Rogers has attempted to solve an evolutionary puzzle. His…
MIT Finds Hackers Can Change Votes in Voting App Used in U.S. Federal Elections
Mobile voting application could allow hackers to alter individual votes and may pose privacy issues for users. In recent years, there has been a growing…
Tungurahua Volcano “The Black Giant” Showing Warning Signs of “Potential Collapse”
South American volcano showing early warning signs of ‘potential collapse,’ research shows. One of South America’s most prominent volcanoes is producing early warning signals of…
Mystery Surrounding Dinosaur Footprints on a Cave Ceiling Finally Solved
The dinosaur in the cupboard under the stairs. The mystery surrounding dinosaur footprints on a cave ceiling in Central Queensland has been solved after more…
Unraveling the Mystery of Neanderthal Death Rites – Discovery at ‘Flower Burial’ Site Offers “Unparalleled Opportunity”
The first articulated Neanderthal skeleton to come out of the ground for over 20 years has been unearthed at one of the most important sites…
Listening to Binaural Beats Synchronizes Brain Activity, but What Is the Effect on Mood, Focus and Anxiety?
Auditory illusion may not have effects different from other sounds. An auditory illusion thought to synchronize brain waves and alter mood is no more effective…
Extreme Weather Could Bring Next Recession – Risk Unaccounted for in Financial Markets
Market Needs to Plan for Weather Risk, or Face Extreme Correction Physical climate risk from extreme weather events remains unaccounted for in financial markets. Without…
Never Trust a Person’s Face? New Research on Analyzing Facial Expressions
Researchers warn of drawing too-quick conclusions about people’s feelings from facial expressions. Interacting with other people is almost always a game of reading cues and…
What Is More Enjoyable, Revenge or Forgiveness? What’s More Meaningful?
Study finds revenge is more enjoyable than forgiveness — at least in stories — but forgiveness stories are more meaningful. When it comes to entertainment,…
Preserving Lumber With Atomic-Scale Metal Oxide Coating Offers Advantages Over Pressure Treating
Pressure treating — which involves putting lumber inside a pressurized watertight tank and forcing chemicals into the boards — has been used for more than…
How Come Some People Are Annoyingly Good at Reading Between the Lines? A Puzzle Worthy of a Mouse Detective.
Some people are annoyingly good at “reading between the lines.” They seem to know, well before anyone else, who is the killer in a movie,…
Previously Unknown Relationship Between Curvature and Toughness in Layered Materials Has Implications for Bio-Inspired Composites
Engineers looking to nature for inspiration have long assumed that layered structures like those found in mollusk shells enhance a material’s toughness, but a study…
Ancient Meteorites Show Early Earth’s Atmosphere May Have Had 1,000x More Carbon Dioxide Than Now
Very occasionally, Earth gets bombarded by a large meteorite. But every day, our planet gets pelted by space dust, micrometeorites that collect on Earth’s surface….
New Species of Marine Reptile Discovered in Southeast Alaska
Gunakadeit joseeae is the most complete thalattosaur ever found in North America. Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have identified a new species of…
The ‘Firewalkers’ of Karoo: Dinosaurs Left Tracks in a ‘Land of Fire’ 183 Million Years Ago
Several groups of reptiles persisted in Jurassic Africa even as volcanism ruined their habitat. In southern Africa, dinosaurs and synapsids, a group of animals that…