Science
Scientific discoveries and research
Smiling can make you happier—unless someone forces you to do it
Nicholas Coles, Ph.D., had long heard that forcing a smile can make you feel a little happier—after all, he had done a lot of the research that supposedly prove...
Scientists develop novel model to forecast internal solitary waves from multiple sources in the Sulu Sea
A research team led by Professor Li Xiaofeng from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) has developed a model to forecast inter...
Tiny melt traces shed light on the Colorado Plateau's explosive past
Deep beneath Earth's surface, some minerals hold clues to processes that happened millions of years ago. One such mineral is lawsonite, which forms under high p...
Limited cold stress during pregnancy could lead to increased lamb birth weight, survivability
Research out of South Dakota State University has highlighted a potential connection between limited exposure to cold stress during pregnancy and birth weight....
Why AI influencers work better with a human friend
Scroll through Instagram long enough and you'll meet an influencer who isn't real. AI influencers—computer-generated personalities like Lil Miquela, who has mil...
Drying harvested blue-green algae sludge halves methane emissions in experiments
In some lakes around the world, including some in China, cyanobacterial blooms are increasingly managed through large-scale mechanical harvesting to improve wat...
Research reveals accelerating sea-level rise around Ireland
A new study led by the ICARUS Climate Research Center at Maynooth University in Ireland has reconstructed a century of Irish sea-level change, revealing a stark...
Enjoyment increases consumers' willingness to pay for sustainable products
Consumers are more willing to pay for sustainable products if they also perceive them as enjoyable and appealing, according to a study conducted at the Universi...
Call adjustments help bats keep their echolocation signals distinct, study finds
Bats can produce ultrasonic pulses with high frequencies between 20,000 and 120,000 hertz, which are inaudible to humans. The sound waves they produce travel fo...
Study calls for a rethink on how we manage the threats posed by hazardous species
While human well-being depends on the health of our ecosystems, there are also countless aspects of the natural world that pose serious threats to people. Every...
Testing Einstein's laws from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea
Are the laws of physics truly the same everywhere in the universe? This fundamental principle, known as Lorentz invariance, lies at the heart of Einstein's theo...
Loophole listing keeps seafood qualifying as critically endangered on the menu
One of Australia's most dangerously overfished species, redfish (Centroberyx affinis), will continue to be served on our dinner tables following its latest list...