A pair of researchers affiliated with Duke University and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has found that great apes tend to bond with one another when they watch a video together. In their paper published ...
Climate and land use changes are causing significant alterations in global terrestrial water storage, impacting extreme weather events such as floods and droughts, a Griffith University-led study has found.
Earth Sciences
Jan 9, 2024
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Researchers have created an artificial intelligence tool that uses sequences of life events—such as health history, education, job and income—to predict everything from a person's personality to their mortality.
Social Sciences
Dec 23, 2023
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RIKEN scientists have demonstrated a way to make small tweaks in weather systems as a means to prevent, or at least reduce, the severity of extreme weather events such as torrential rain. They did this by taking advantage ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 20, 2023
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Did the 12th century B.C.E.—a time when humans were forging great empires and developing new forms of written text—coincide with an evolutionary reduction in brain size? Think again, says a UNLV-led team of researchers ...
Evolution
Aug 5, 2022
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Male jackdaws don't stick around to console their mate after a traumatic experience, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2021
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Negative life events can cause crippling distress, significant hardships, and even lifelong trauma. The poor are perceived to be "hardened" by these events and therefore less harmed by them than those with more means, even ...
Social Sciences
Aug 17, 2020
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Like modern humans and primates, Neanderthals—our closest evolutionary cousins—are thought to have lived in groups, but their size and composition have been difficult to infer from archeological and fossil remains.
Archaeology
Sep 10, 2019
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Scientists have made huge strides in understanding the physical and biological dimensions of climate change, from deciphering why climate has changed in the past to predicting how it might change in the future.
Environment
Apr 15, 2016
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Using digital technologies does not directly cause stress, but social media can increase awareness of problems facing friends and family, and this stress is "contagious," researchers said Thursday.
Social Sciences
Jan 15, 2015
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