Science
Scientific discoveries and research
Bering Land Bridge base camp reveals what life was like nearly 14,000 years ago
The area of water between Russia and North America and the Pacific and Arctic oceans is now known as the Bering Strait. Yet it was once what we call the Bering...
Main factors in pornography use among adolescents identified
A study by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) has analyzed which factors are most associated with pornography use during adolescence. The results show that...
New DNA tool could help detect harmful algal blooms before they spread
A new study by researchers at the University of South Florida and Florida Atlantic University has demonstrated that a DNA sequencing tool can rapidly identify h...
Warmer coastal waters drive heavy cyclone rainfall farther inland, raising flood risks
A research team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has found that the area affected by tropical cyclone (TC) rainfall is extending inland along Nor...
Nine studies reveal consumers favor eco-friendly additions over waste-cutting removals
When hotels replace single-use toiletries with refillable dispensers, or companies strip unnecessary items from product bundles to cut waste, they may expect co...
Bacteria turn 3D-printed sand into solid building elements
Cement manufacturing is one of the largest sources of CO₂ emissions in the construction industry. At the Department of Architecture, Karen Antorveza Paez, who h...
Gathering rare airborne observations of firestorm clouds
Just minutes into a planned research flight from Colorado to Oregon in August to study massive storm clouds fueled by intense wildfires, scientists discovered t...
'Sundown towns' linked to lingering racial bias
A sundown town is a community that prohibited Black people from staying within its borders after dark or from owning property. This was done through laws, signs...
Toothless 'hell chicken' dinosaur may have had a taste for fruit
While many dinosaurs were fearsome predators with razor-sharp teeth, others were peaceful herbivores munching on plants. We can now add a new species to the lis...
Local DNA motion inside the cell stays nearly constant throughout interphase
Human genomic DNA is wrapped around core histone proteins to form nucleosomes, the fundamental units of chromatin. During interphase, the period between cell di...
How drought shapes the impact of Xylella fastidiosa on almond trees
Xylella fastidiosa is a pathogen that poses a serious threat to agri-food systems. An insect-borne bacterium that eventually causes trees to dry out and die, it...
Australia's oldest underwater archaeology reveals ancient life within a lost landscape
New discoveries from Australia's oldest known underwater archaeological record reveal how First Peoples lived, transported goods and used different places withi...