In a study published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface in January 2021, SFI External Professor Doyne Farmer, first author Maria del Rio-Chanona, and their colleagues at Oxford University explore the impact of automation on low-wage workers. The COVID-19...
Dinosaur tracks in Plagne, France (stock image).
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In 2009, the world's largest dinosaur tracks were discovered in the French village of Plagne, in the Jura Mountains. Since then, a series of excavations at the site has...
The massive field jackets containing the bones of the adult specimen of Daspletosaurus horneri were hauled out by a mule-drawn sled in August 2001. The crew are the outfitters from the Sun Canyon Lodge.
Credit: David Varricchio
An investigation by a...
Pasture with young second-growth forest in the background in Chiapas, Mexico.
Credit: Robin Chazdon
Climate scientists have long recognized the importance of forest conservation and forest regrowth in climate mitigation and carbon sequestration -- capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere....
Map outlining the opening of the human migration routes in North America revealed by the results presented in this study.Credit: Courtesy of Mikkel Winther Pedersen, Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
The established theory about...
Penn researchers leading the DARPA-funded Restoring Active Memory project constructed the first whole-brain map of electrical connectivity in the brain based on data from nearly 300 neurosurgical patients. Above, the image on the left represents the ~30,000 electrodes used...
Dwelling in a political echo chamber—where you encounter only people who agree with you—is hardly conducive to a healthy democracy.
But it turns out that broadening your horizons by perusing opposing points of view on social media may just make...
War potentially creates a 'boys' club' where men help each other more than they help women, according to new research carried out at the University of St Andrews.
A team of researchers at the University of St Andrews and the...
London in the present day. Research shows that the Great Smog event of 1952 in London likely still affects some people's health more than 60 years later. London still has smoggy days today.
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London's Great Smog...
From climate and biodiversity to public health and law enforcement, public goods benefit all. They are produced or maintained through widespread participation in public-goods provision that is vulnerable to low participation rates. Avoiding this vulnerability has spurred a continuing...
Researchers have found a critical piece of the puzzle of human deafness.
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A new Tel Aviv University study solves a critical piece of the puzzle of human deafness by identifying the first group of long...
