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Bonobo moms play an active role in helping their sons find a mate
Many social animals share child-rearing duties, but research publishing May 20 in the journal Current Biology finds that bonobo moms go the extra step and actually...
Farmers have less leisure time than hunter-gatherers, study suggests
Hunter-gatherers in the Philippines who adopt farming work around ten hours a week longer than their forager neighbours, a new study suggests, complicating the...
Giant impact caused difference between Moon’s hemispheres
The stark difference between the Moon's heavily-cratered farside and the lower-lying open basins of the Earth-facing nearside has puzzled scientists for decades.
Now, new evidence...
High-quality jadeite tool discovered in underwater ancient salt works in Belize
Anthropologists discovered a tool made out of high-quality translucent jadeite with an intact rosewood handle at a site where the ancient Maya processed salt...
Researchers outline vision for profitable climate change solution
A relatively simple process could help turn the tide of climate change while also turning a healthy profit. That's one of the hopeful visions...
Is dark matter made of axions? Black holes may reveal the answer
What is dark matter made of? It's one of the most perplexing questions of modern astronomy. We know that dark matter is out there,...
Machine learning speeds modeling of experiments aimed at capturing fusion energy on Earth
Machine learning (ML), a form of artificial intelligence that recognizes faces, understands language and navigates self-driving cars, can help bring to Earth the clean...
Scientists find ‘molecular destruction code’ for enzyme involved in cholesterol production
A team of UNSW scientists at the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences led by Professor Andrew Brown have shown how a key enzyme...
A ‘high-heeled’ dinosaur that walked on its tiptoes
A 24-tonne dinosaur may have walked in a 'high-heeled' fashion, according to University of Queensland research.
UQ Ph.D. candidate Andréas Jannel and colleagues from UQ's...
Scientists propose rethinking ‘endangered species’ definition to save slow-breeding giants
Conservation decisions based on population counts may fail to protect large, slow-breeding animals from irrevocable decline, according to new research coinciding with Endangered Species...
Earliest evidence of the cooking and eating of starch
New discoveries made at the Klasies River Cave in South Africa's southern Cape, where charred food remains from hearths were found, provide the first...
