Scientific discoveries and research
Parasites are a major global health problem, underlying many human diseases worldwide. For example, Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible fo...
Aided by the Trump administration, debate over gender identity has gone from being a touchstone of domestic culture wars to infiltrating the work of i...
When the movie "Her" debuted in 2013, its plot felt like science fiction. The protagonist, Theodore, is a jaded man with no vigor for life. He comes a...
Whether it is the climate, beaches, or simply being away from the hustle and bustle, island cultures around the world often do things differently to t...
The study of ancient cultures around Ethiopia during the Middle Stone Age (MSA) time period is important for understanding how some of the first Homo...
Online sexism is often dismissed as random—just a few bad comments or offensive jokes. But what appears scattered and spontaneous is increasingly stru...
In a surprising new study, Australia's most famous plant-eating dinosaur has been described as a "picky eater with a nose for good food" when it roame...
Imagine a stark choice. You can save one person who is likely to live another 30 years. Or you can save several people who may each live another 10 ye...
Arsenic contamination in drinking water is a global issue, with over 200 million people estimated to be at risk. While water treatment plants remove t...
When laser flashes hit matter, electrons are knocked off their orbits around the atomic nuclei. This can generate extremely hot plasmas composed of ch...
In a new paper published in the British Journal of Sociology of Education, University of Sheffield researchers argue that the modern university experi...
For the last 80 years, the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED), which describes all electromagnetic interactions, has been a cornerstone of the st...
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