New Species Discovered: The Youngest Pangolin From Europe
The humerus bone of a new pangolin species was found at Graunceanu, a famous Pleistocene fossil deposit in Romania, confirming its existence in Europe. Deeper…
The humerus bone of a new pangolin species was found at Graunceanu, a famous Pleistocene fossil deposit in Romania, confirming its existence in Europe. Deeper…
The ability allows the brain to balance sleep with responding to environmental cues. A good night’s sleep is not as simple as it appears. While…
An Italian-Swiss team demonstrates children reading skills can be improved through a novel child-friendly action video game. Decoding letters into sound is a key point…
A team from the UNIGE demonstrates that certain soft incentive techniques, known as “nudges,” are effective in getting people to change their behavior. Developed by…
They are the only known scavengers in the world to have picky diets. If there’s one thing that scavengers do, it’s scavenge: feed on whatever…
For transgender people, starting gender-affirming hormone treatment in adolescence is linked to better mental health than waiting until adulthood, according to new research led by…
We create countless memories as we live our lives but many of these we forget. Why? Counter to the general assumption that memories simply decay…
New archeological study shows ancient connection between populations 3,000 km apart, and provides first direct link between climate change and ancient human social behavior. Humans…
All memory storage devices, from your brain to the RAM in your computer, store information by changing their physical qualities. Over 130 years ago, pioneering…
Eruptions create sulfuric acid clouds in the upper atmosphere and can cool the climate. Volcanic eruptions contributed to the collapse of dynasties in China in…
The dramatic collapse of Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano in December 2018 resulted from long-term destabilizing processes, and was not triggered by any distinct changes in…
I know what you did last summer: chemical clues in the marsupial’s whiskers can reveal what they ate months – and even seasons – ago….
The RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan, along with colleagues, has shown that the free-energy principle can explain how neural networks are optimized…
Bald eagle populations have slowly recovered from near devastation after the government banned DDT in 1972, but another ongoing issue has weakened that rebound –…
Scientists have shown how the freezing of a ‘slushy’ ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon’s crust. The scientists, from…
Earliest human remains in eastern Africa dated to more than 230,000 years ago. The age of the oldest fossils in eastern Africa widely recognized as…
Fossil braincase provides new surprising insights. German and Austrian scientists took a closer look at the braincase of a dinosaur from Austria. The group examined…
For those who rarely forget a face, but struggle with names, the remedy for boosting learning may as near as your pillow. New research by…