Scientists Puzzled: Tasmanian Devils Have Just Broken the Laws of Scavenging
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…
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…
Using South Carolina as a model, CHOP researchers found that an increase in kidney stones will cost the state healthcare system between $57 million and…
UMass Amherst research first to detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in infant stool. Women vaccinated against COVID-19 transfer SARS-CoV-2 antibodies to their breastfed infants, potentially giving their…
Their legs may get more attention, but a new study says a crab’s eyes have much to offer, too — at least scientifically. Writing in…
A supersensitized brain connection has been identified in people who suffer from misophonia, an extreme reaction to “trigger” sounds. For the first time, researchers led…