Exposing Liars by Distraction – Science Reveals a New Method of Lie Detection
According to an experiment, investigators who asked a suspect to carry out an additional, secondary, task while being questioned were more likely to expose liars….
According to an experiment, investigators who asked a suspect to carry out an additional, secondary, task while being questioned were more likely to expose liars….
New Experiment Could Confirm the Fifth Element An experiment that could confirm the fifth state of matter in the universe — and change physics as…
Spinosaurus is the largest predatory dinosaur known — over two meters longer than the longest Tyrannosaurus rex — but the way it hunted has been…
Scientists who helped to pioneer the use of enzymes to eat plastic have taken an important next step in developing nature-based solutions to the global…
Those hoping to avoid one of the worst side effects of aging – bone, joint, and muscle pain that doesn’t go away – might need…
Newly-hatched pterosaurs may have been able to fly but their flying abilities may have been different from adult pterosaurs, according to a new study. Pterosaurs…
A large group of iconic fossils widely believed to shed light on the origins of many of Earth’s animals and the communities they lived in…
Scientists have discovered a new genetic disease, which causes some children’s brains to develop abnormally, resulting in delayed intellectual development and often early onset cataracts….
A serendipitous discovery of a fossilized bony lung reveals a massive ancient fish. Fossilized remains of a fish that grew as big as a great…
Scientists from the University of Portsmouth and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, have come up with a formula to help plant breeders and farmers around the…
Scientists have found the most elaborately dressed-to-impress dinosaur ever described and say it sheds new light on how birds such as peacocks inherited their ability…
An amateur fossil hunter has unearthed a new type of prehistoric ‘sea dragon’ on the beach of the UK’s Dorset coast. The new 2m-long ichthyosaurus…
The only dinosaur bones ever found on the island of Ireland have been formally confirmed for the first time. The only dinosaur bones ever found…
Paleontologists have made a surprising discovery while searching through 100-year-old fossil collections from the UK – a new mystery species of pterosaur, unlike anything seen…
A widely adopted police interview technique, used by both the FBI and British police, to spot if a suspect is lying, is not fit for…
Dark energy is one of the greatest mysteries in science today. We know very little about it, other than it is invisible, it fills the…
The debate about when dinosaurs developed feathers has taken a new turn with a paper refuting earlier claims that feathers were also found on dinosaurs’…
The scientists who re-engineered the plastic-eating enzyme PETase have now created an enzyme ‘cocktail’ which can digest plastic up to six times faster. A second…