Volunteering in late life is associated with better cognitive function — specifically, better executive function and episodic memory. Those are…
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Tam Pà Ling cave in northern Laos, where several human fossils dating back tens of thousands of years have been…
Microwave pyrolysis system used in the ZnCl2-activated biochar synthesis. The system components are (a) nitrogen gas cylinder; (b) quartz beaker…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain It’s become easy to order items thanks to the miracles of online shopping. But it’s not…
“There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark.” —Pink Floyd With my apologies…
The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower will peak this weekend, but it’s just the first act of a multiweek “shooting…
Fruit flies are sensitive to the sight of dead fliesMauritius images GmbH/Alamy Fruit flies exposed to dead flies of their…
IIASA recently launched the Climate Solutions Explorer — a comprehensive resource that visualizes and presents vital data about climate mitigation,…
Every 10 seconds, somewhere in the universe, a star explodes. The light from a small fraction of these supernovae—roughly a…
Artist’s impression of the extinct skink Tiliqua frangens. In the bottom right, a typical modern skink is shown for comparisonKailah…
The new material illuminated with ultraviolet light. Credit: ICB-CSIC A team of researchers from the Instituto de Carboquímica of the…
Pack your things: we’re moving into Barbie’s Dreamhouse. The summer blockbuster movie Barbie premieres in theaters today, and director Greta…
She sits before me in tears, a positive pregnancy test on the counter in front of us. It’s not that…
Members of the Ecuadoran Armed Forces stand guard on the shore of a beach covered with oil after a leak…
J. Robert Oppenheimer, now the protagonist of a much-anticipated film hitting theaters on July 21, is today most known for…
Team members work on the ComPair balloon instrument before it begins thermal vacuum chamber testing at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight…
Postdoctoral fellow So Min Park holds up a sample of the perovskite solar cell that she and her collaborators designed.…
Bat activity falls as farms make the transition to organic agriculture, new research shows. Organic farming is better for biodiversity…
This is a big week for Hollywood: amid a massive writers’ and actors’ strike, two potential blockbusters are opening on…
Lee Billings: This is Cosmos, Quickly, and I’m Lee Billings. In this episode, we’re talking with a nuclear historian about…
CLIMATEWIRE | Broiling Phoenix is waiting to cool down. The desert metropolis has sweltered through 21 days of temperatures that reached…
Like us, cells communicate. Well, in their own special way. Using waves as their common language, cells tell one another…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When researchers set out to study 401(k) retirement savings accumulation, they found that thousands of studies…
A group of hikers watches a vortex ring form. (Image credit: Luca Cosma)Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna, is blowing…
Dishes that are rich in flavor and aroma from combinations of spices such as earthy turmeric, warm cloves and sharp…
Correlations observed between tested physical parameters (I. temperature, II. pH, and III. salinity) and microbial FIB contamination measurements within sampled…
We all know how the lullaby goes, but now astrophysicists have finally caught up — reproducing the eerie thrumming sound…
Male harbour seals use complex vocalisations to try to attract femalesimageBROKER / Alamy Stock Photo Male harbour seal pups may…
For years, unrecycled plastic bottles have been dumped in landfills. Now, thanks to new research from UBC Okanagan, those bottles…
Around one third of people with heart disease suffer from sleep problems. In a paper published in the journal Science,…