Utah fossil reveals global exodus of mammals' near relatives to major continents
A nearly 130-million-year-old fossilized skull found in Utah is an Earth-shattering discovery in one respect.
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Fossilized feces reveal Early Cretaceous aquatic vertebrate diversity
Ancient fossils faeces found in central Spain belonged to fish-eating carnivores from the Early Cretaceous, according to a study published on May 23, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Sandra Barrios de Pedro from ...
Study shows people rarely express gratitude to those closest to them
An international team of researchers has found that people around the world rarely say "thank you" to those closest to them. In their paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the group describes their study ...
Social media posts may signal whether a protest will become violent
A USC-led study of violent protest has found that moral rhetoric on Twitter may signal whether a protest will turn violent.
Estimated 7,000 bodies may be buried at former asylum
Some of the boxes stacked inside anthropologist Molly Zuckerman's laboratory contain full bones—a skull, a jaw, or a leg. Others contain only plastic bags of bone fragments that Zuckerman describes as "grit."
Why an upcoming appointment makes us less productive
You've got a full hour until your next meeting. But you probably won't make the most of that time, new research suggests.
American 'prepping' culture influenced by media and government fears
New research from SSPSSR finds most people hoarding items such as food and water do so 'just in case', rather than because of deeply-held, irrational beliefs that society is on the verge of an imminent collapse.
Food fraud in China leads to opportunities for EU products
The perceived safety and quality of food imported from Europe into China provides commercial opportunities for European food producers, research has found.
New research helps to de-gender the teaching profession
A new qualitative study, published in the journal Gender and Education and carried out by researchers at the Universities of Hertfordshire and Hildesheim, found that teacher gender has no effect on how male and female teachers ...
How shoplifters justify theft at supermarket self-service checkouts
The number of self-check out terminals around the world is predicted to reach 325,000 by 2019 and some stores have even become fully self service. But for some supermarket customers, the removal of store clerks has been a ...
