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April 30, 2025
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Apr. 23, 2025 — Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — The intermittent fasting diet, which involves periods of severe calorie restriction, may be on the way out, as research is suggesting that rather than drastically reducing calories, people can achieve similar metabolic benefits by cutting back on ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala, a global team of researchers has unearthed a buried altar that could unlock the secrets of a ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — A web platform uses a chatbot to enable any chemist -- including undergraduate chemistry majors -- to configure and execute complex quantum mechanical simulations through ...
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Apr. 28, 2025 — Scientists aren't comedians, but it turns out a joke or two can go a long way. That's according to a new study that found when researchers use humor in their communication -- particularly online -- ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Climate change is increasing the risk of wildfires in many regions of the world. This is due partly to specific weather conditions -- known as fire weather -- that facilitate the spread of wildfires. ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Why do some people do more for the community than others? A new study now shows that personality traits such as extraversion and agreeableness correlate with volunteering and charitable ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — Study finds a 18.5% reduction in sick leave following LEZ implementation in Greater London compared to areas in England without low emission ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — In face-to-face conversations, speakers use hand movements to signal meaning. But do listeners actually use these gestures to predict what someone might say next? In a study using virtual avatars, ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Researchers found that a brief episode of anxiety may have a bigger influence on a person's ability to learn what is safe and what is not. A new study used a virtual reality game that involved ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — A recent global survey of 156 institutions reveals strong interest in VR-haptic technology for dental training, yet significant barriers impede ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — In examining how different countries have rolled out climate change mitigation strategies, research has found reasons to be optimistic about preserving our environment while promoting prosperity and ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — A database about monkey behavior reveals how science is evolving towards a more open, collaborative ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — Could the seismic signal of an underground nuclear test explosion be 'hidden' by the signal generated by a natural ...
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Apr. 24, 2025 — Humans are better than current AI models at interpreting social interactions and understanding social dynamics in moving scenes. Researchers believe this is because AI neural networks were inspired ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — A new study finds that presenting the same continuous climate data, such as incremental changes in temperature, in binary form -- such as whether a lake did or did not freeze in the winter -- ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — Mind blanking is a common experience with a wide variety of definitions ranging from feeling 'drowsy' to 'a complete absence of conscious awareness.' Neuroscientists and ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — Researchers developed a more efficient way to control the outputs of a large language model, guiding it to generate text that adheres to a certain structure, like a programming language, and remains ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — A new study has revealed that an incentive program increased live releases of endangered species caught as bycatch. However, unexpectedly, the overall positive impact was reduced by some vessels ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — A new study by developmental scientists offers the first evidence that infants as young as 15 months can identify an object they have learned about from listening to language -- even if the object ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — Multiple climate 'tipping points' are likely to be triggered if global policies stay on their current course, new research ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — Most people generally are more concerned about the immediate risks of artificial intelligence than they are about a theoretical future in which AI threatens humanity. A new study reveals that ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — A new study lays out a scientific framework for holding individual fossil fuel companies liable for the costs of climate change by tracing specific damages back to their emissions. The researchers ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — Body appreciation differs between Middle-Eastern and Western societies, a new international study can reveal, highlighting how cultural and family influences shape body image and eating behaviors in ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Adolescents who sleep for longer -- and from an earlier bedtime -- than their peers tend to have improved brain function and perform better at cognitive tests, researchers have shown. But the study ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — With the assumption that students are going to use artificial intelligence and large language models such as ChatGPT to do their homework, researchers set out to learn how well the free version of ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Neuroscientists have developed a new treatment approach for a language disorder that combines traditional speech therapy with noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain. Brain stimulation helped ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — The study highlights the transformative potential of the Rights of Nature, which views nature as a rights-bearing entity, not merely an object of regulation and subjugation by extractive industries. ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — To protect against rising sea levels in a warming world, coastal cities typically follow a standard playbook with various protective infrastructure options. For example, a seawall could be designed ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Across the United States, 58% of counties have no active air-quality monitoring sites, according to a new study. Rural counties, especially those in the Midwest and South, are less likely to have ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — As farmers debate whether fields should be used for agriculture or solar panels, new research says the answer could be both. Scientists analyzed remote sensing and aerial imagery to study how fields ...
Apr. 19, 2025 — Five-year-olds exposed to paternal depression are more likely to have behavioral issues in grade school, researchers ...
Apr. 18, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated that intensified environmental variability (EV) can promote the evolution of cooperation through simulation based on evolutionary game theory. This result offers a new ...
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Awkward. Humans Are Still Better Than AI at Reading the Room
- How to Break Through Climate Apathy
- What Happens in the Brain When Your Mind Blanks
- Making AI-Generated Code More Accurate in Any Language
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Paying Fishers to Release Endangered Catches Can Aid Conservation, but Only If Done Right
- By 15 Months, Infants Begin to Learn New Words for Objects, Even Those They've Never Seen
- World on Course to Trigger Multiple Climate 'tipping Points' Unless Action Accelerates
- Current AI Risks More Alarming Than Apocalyptic Future Scenarios
- Scientific Path to Recouping the Costs of Climate Change
- Family Dynamics Shape Body Image Differently Across Cultures
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- Adolescents Who Sleep Longer Perform Better at Cognitive Tasks
- Using ChatGPT, Students Might Pass a Course, but With a Cost
Monday, April 21, 2025
- Novel Treatment Approach for Language Disorder Shows Promise
- What If Mother Earth Could Sue for Mistreatment?
- Study Shows Addressing Working Memory Can Help Students With Math Difficulty Improve Word Problem-Solving Skills
- Coastal Management Model Plays the Long Game Against the Rising Tides
- How Safe Is the Air to Breathe? 50 Million People in the US Do Not Know
- Should Farm Fields Be Used for Crops or Solar? Or Both
Saturday, April 19, 2025
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- Faster Way to Solve Complex Planning Problems
- Researchers Introduce a Brand-New Method to Detect Gunshot Residue at the Crime Scene
- Viewing Art Can Boost Wellbeing by Giving Meaning to Life
- Study Finds Dramatic Boost in Air Quality from Electrifying Railways
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- No Butterfingers in Baseball: Understanding Slip Between Fingertips and the Ball
- Most Goals in Football (Soccer) Result from First Touch Shots
- The Brain Learns to Filter out Distracting Stimuli Over Time
Monday, April 14, 2025
- Emotions and Levels of Threat Affect Communities' Resilience During Extreme Events
- Experts Stress Importance of Vaccination Amidst Measles Outbreaks
- New Study Finds Surprising Way to Curb College-Aged Drinking Harms -- Without Cutting Alcohol
- Archaeologists Compared the Size of 50,000 Ancient Houses to Learn About History of Inequality, They Found That It's Not Inevitable
- Wealth Inequality's Deep Roots in Human Prehistory
- Modeling Method Provides Smarter Way to Predict Customer Demand
Friday, April 11, 2025
- Deadly Rodent-Borne Hantavirus Is an Emerging Disease With Pandemic Potential
- Marine Shipping Emissions on Track to Meet 2030 Goals, but Expected to Miss 2050 Target
- Police Officers Face Twice the Risk of Traumatic Brain Injuries and PTSD, Survey Finds
- School-Based Asthma Therapy Improves Student Health, Lowers Medical Costs
- Government Urged to Tackle Inequality in 'low-Carbon Tech' Like Solar Panels and Electric Cars
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- AI Tool Makes Sense of Public Opinion Data in Minutes, Not Months
- Global EV Adoption Fails to Cut CO2
- Intuition Guides Farmers Towards Better Decision-Making, but Remains a Taboo
- Unsafe Driving During School Drop Offs at 'unacceptable' Levels
- Caspian Sea Decline Threatens Endangered Seals, Coastal Communities and Industry
- Man's Best Friend May Be Nature's Worst Enemy, Study on Pet Dogs Suggests
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Multi-Virus Wastewater Surveillance Shows Promise at Smaller, Site-Specific Scales
- Conceptualizing Psychological Contract Theory in the Context of Digital Labor Platforms, App Workers, Gig Economy
- Stroke Deaths and Their Racial Disparities Increased Over Last 20 Years
- Wildfire Recovery: What Victims Say They Need Most
- Decarbonization Improves Energy Security for Most Countries
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Simultaneously Burying Broadband and Electricity Could Be Worth Millions to People in MA Towns
- AI Threats in Software Development Revealed
- Universal Spatiotemporal Scaling Laws Governing Daily Population Flow in Cities Revealed
- Parents' Metabolic Traits Can Affect the Child's Health Over Time
- Role of Social Workers in Addressing Marginalized Communities Bearing Brunt of Climate Disasters
- Early Education Impacts Teenage Behavior
Monday, April 7, 2025
- Proteins Shown to Act as 'guardians' To Keep Cells' Energy Making Mitochondria Safe
- Childhood Experiences Shape the Brain's White Matter With Cognitive Effects Seen Years Later
- Does Teamwork Fulfill the Goal of Project-Based Learning?
- First Insights Into How Excitatory and Inhibitory Brain Signals Change as People Age Using Wearable Scanner
- Is AI in Medicine Playing Fair?
- 'Ugh, Not That Song!' Background Music Impacts Employees
- Home Care Cooperatives May Be Key to Addressing the Critical Shortage of Caregivers for the Elderly
- Climate and Health Litigation Mounting in Australia as Exposure to Heatwaves Grows
Friday, April 4, 2025
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Speed Cameras Take Six Months to Change Driver Behavior, Effects Vary by Neighborhood
- Study Links Teen Girls' Screen Time to Sleep Disruptions and Depression
- Existing International Law Can Help Secure Peace and Security in Outer Space
- Science 'storytelling' Urgently Needed Amid Climate and Biodiversity Crisis
- When It Comes to Obesity-Related Cancers, Where You Shop for Food Matters
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Monday, March 31, 2025
- New Study Validates Lower Limits of Human Heat Tolerance
- My Robot Therapist: The Ethics of AI Mental Health Chatbots for Kids
Friday, March 28, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
- Classroom Talk Plays a Key Part in the Teaching of Writing
- Long COVID Patients Feel Pressure to Prove Their Illness Is Real, Study Finds
- Digital Technology and AI Can Support Workers With Dementia
- Losing Forest Carbon Stocks Could Put Climate Goals out of Reach
- Renting Clothes for Sustainable Fashion -- Niche Markets Work Best
- Research Highlights Urgent Need for National Strategy to Combat Rising Eating Disorders
- We Must Not Ignore Eugenics in Our Genetics Curriculum, Says Professor
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Your Neighborhood May Affect Your Risk of Dementia
- Children of Moms Who Smoked or Were Obese Are More Likely to Become Obese Adults
- Philosophy: Cultural Differences in Exploitation of Artificial Agents
- If Native Plants Are Going to Survive Climate Change, They Need Our Help to Move -- Here's How to Do It Safely
- Is Your Job Making You Happy? Insights from Job Satisfaction Data
- How Changing L.A.'s Tree Rules Could Cool More Neighborhoods
- Artificial Intelligence Uses Less Energy by Mimicking the Human Brain
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- A Hit of Dopamine Tells Baby Birds When Their Song Practice Is Paying Off
- Basketball Analytics Investment Is Key to NBA Wins and Other Successes
- Study Explores How Characteristics of Communications Networks Affect Development of Shared Social Identity, Group Performance
- Study Documents Impacts of Large-Scale Entry of Rooftop Solar Panels on Competition
- Revolutionizing Touch: Researchers Explore the Future of Wearable Multi-Sensory Haptic Technology
- E-Scooter Crashes Mainly Caused by Reckless Driving
- Geometric Design of Material Provides Safer Bicycle Helmet
- Delaying the Net Zero Transition Could Impose Significant Economic Costs