The human ear is a miracle of mechanical evolution. It allows us to hear an astonishing range of sounds and to communicate and navigate in the world. It's also easy to damage and difficult to repair. Hearing aids are still ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 1, 2016
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You may have heard of the "10,000-hour rule", the belief that it takes thousands of hours of intense practice to become an expert in something. Training and practice are clearly vitally important in many highly competitive ...
Social Sciences
Sep 1, 2016
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Automation has disrupted work for centuries. Two hundred years ago in Britain, the Luddites rose in rebellion, smashing the machines that made their weaving skills obsolete.
Robotics
Sep 1, 2016
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Western Australian and Japanese scientists have together cracked the genome sequence of the subterranean (sub) clover.
Biotechnology
Sep 1, 2016
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Three new species of ground wētā and mating calls have been identified by Massey University researchers.
Plants & Animals
Sep 1, 2016
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University of Southampton research presented at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference has exposed the stark geography of food poverty in England – providing an opportunity to better target ...
Social Sciences
Sep 1, 2016
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New research, led by the University of Southampton, suggests that the release of methane from the seafloor was much slower than previously thought during a rapid global warming event 56 million years ago.
Earth Sciences
Sep 1, 2016
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(Phys.org)—Astronomers have identified two new X-ray sources in the galactic plane with short outbursts and very fast rise times, a category known as fast X-ray transients (FXTs). The newly detected FXTs were found in the ...
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from Switzerland and Germany has found evidence that suggests the reason that the Southern Ocean has become less salty over the past few decades is because sea ice has been moving differently. ...
Almost half our genes can be the starting point for diseases. Scientists have identified 11,000 genes that occur in the human genome in variants that can cause disease. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary ...
Evolution
Sep 1, 2016
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