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Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests
A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors.
Origins of language: Wild chimps mirror linguistic structures in human language
Humans are the only species on Earth known to use language. They do this by combining sounds into words and words into ...
Your fingers wrinkle in the same pattern every time you're in the water for too long, study shows
Do your wrinkles always form in the same pattern every time you're in the water for too long? According to new research from ...
A more realistic look at DNA in action: Study shows it behaves differently when crowded by molecules
By creating a more true-to-life representation of DNA's environment, researchers at Northwestern University have discovered ...
Study says green consumers focus on brands and fashionability
Researchers examined the consumer profiles of green and non-green consumers in Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom and the ...
Room-temperature mid-infrared photodetector promises advances in environmental and medical monitoring
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) utilizes mid-infrared spectroscopy to precisely analyze molecular components such as ...
Can frisky flies save human lives? How a bacterial infection encourages promiscuity
When fruit flies are infected with the Wolbachia bacteria, their sex lives—and ability to reproduce—change dramatically.
Machine learning approach leads to discovery of high-performance infrared functional materials
Infrared optoelectronic functional materials are essential for applications in lasers, photodetectors, and infrared imaging, ...
Examining the relationship between moral outrage on social media and activism
A new study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science examines how expressions of moral outrage on social ...
Using byproducts from agricultural and food production to create sustainable feed for livestock
Imagine if agricultural and food byproducts could be transformed into an effective and holistic feed for livestock while also ...
German satellite measures CO₂ and NO₂ simultaneously from power plant emissions for the first time
A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz and Heidelberg University has, for the first time, used ...