Evolution might stop humans from solving climate change, researchers say
Central features of human evolution may stop our species from resolving global environmental problems like climate change, says a recent study led by the University of Maine.
Central features of human evolution may stop our species from resolving global environmental problems like climate change, says a recent study led by the University of Maine.
Evolution
Jan 2, 2024
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A study has shed new light on remarkable feats of navigation from cultures across the world: from sailors in the Marshall Islands using wave patterns to navigate the vast Pacific Ocean to indigenous communities in Alaska ...
Social Sciences
Dec 21, 2023
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Humans have been making fire using friction for thousands of years, with evidence of its use found in archaeological records across different cultures worldwide.
General Physics
Dec 14, 2023
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As the world faces the challenges of present-day climate change, scientific inquiry is, among other objectives, exploring how human societies navigate environmental variations at large. Investigating the past provides valuable ...
Archaeology
Dec 8, 2023
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In many parts of Africa, humans cooperate with a species of wax-eating bird called the greater honeyguide, Indicator indicator, which leads them to wild bees' nests with a chattering call. By using specialized sounds to communicate ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 7, 2023
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In 1963, six years after the first satellite was launched, editors from the Encyclopedia Britannica posed a question to five eminent thinkers of the day: "Has man's conquest of space increased or diminished his stature?" ...
Space Exploration
Dec 5, 2023
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According to an essay published in Educational Researcher, a decade of colorblind school discipline policy reforms have not disproportionally benefited Black students who remain the most often disciplined in schools and miss ...
Social Sciences
Dec 5, 2023
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Why does music exist? Some researchers believe that music is so widespread across human cultures because it brings people together. The theory is that during evolution, human groups who were musical worked better together, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2023
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A study published in Science challenges the notion that only humans are capable of forming strong and strategic cooperative relationships and sharing resources across non-family groups.
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2023
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A research team has discovered antibodies that could lead to a new approach to treating acute and chronic infections with the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Due to its numerous resistance mechanisms, P. aeruginosa is associated ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 2, 2023
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