Puzzle of the Maya pendant
The jade once belonging to an ancient Maya king is inscribed with 30 hieroglyphs. It was used during important religious ceremonies.
Credit: Courtesy G. Braswell/UC...
Humans sparked 84 percent of US wildfires, increased fire season over two decades
In an analysis of 20 years of wildfire records led by researchers at UMass Amherst and the University of Colorado-Boulder, they found human-started fires...
How your brain makes articles go viral
Image credit: Flickr/Surian Soosay
It is a question that has mystified countless people: Why does one article spread like wildfire through social media and another—seemingly...
Increased physical activity, lower BMI may lower heart failure risk
We consistently found an association between physical activity, BMI and overall heart failure risk. Image credit: Flickr/stefanos papachristou
Lifestyle patterns, including physical activity and body...
Genetic risk of autism spectrum disorder linked to evolutionary brain benefit
A new study showed that inherited variants linked to ASD were found under positive selection in larger numbers than would have been expected by...
Dogs, toddlers show similarities in social intelligence
A new research suggests that dogs may be even more like us than previously thought. Image credit: Flickr/Donnie Ray Jones
Most dog owners will tell...
First evidence of rocky planet formation in Tatooine system
The white dwarf is the burn-out core of a star that was probably similar to the Sun, the brown dwarf is only ~60 times...
Earth probably began with a solid shell
The outer layer of modern Earth is a collection of interlocking rigid plates, as seen in this illustration. These plates grind together, sliding past...
Do You Look Like Your Name? People Can Match Names to Faces of Strangers...
A new research has found that people appear to be better than chance at correctly matching people's names to their faces, and it may...
Sound-shaping super-material invented
These quantal metamaterial bricks form together to create a new super-material that can manipulate sound. Credit: Interact Lab, University of Sussex
A super-material that bends,...
How to reduce the environmental impact of a loaf of bread?
Consumers are usually unaware of the environmental impacts embodied in the products they purchase - particularly in the case of food, where the main...
