Research
Your cat is bored: It’s not just you, it’s also the food you give it
In controlled feeding experiments with twelve cats of different ages and genders, the team provided commercially available dry foods in a repeated cycle.
4 million cancer cases studied: People who do not marry face as much as 85% greater cancer risk
Study shows AI systems deceive users to keep fellow AIs from being turned off
Researchers tie vaping to mouth and lung cancers in new analysis
Researchers find genetic marker linked to suicide risk in bipolar patients
The researcher’s algorithim can spot if a person with Bipolar Disorder is at high risk of suicide based on physical differences in their genetic makeup.
Ancient lead exposure may have given Homo sapiens a genetic shield
Researchers found lead bands in 73 percent of 51 fossilized teeth spanning two million years of hominin history.
Iran’s ‘zombie’ volcano awakens, according to researchers
"At some point, it will have to release this pressure—either violently or gently," says volcanologist Pablo González.
Zurich team uncovers why a deep breath makes lungs more flexible
Deep inhalations associated with sighing help reorder the multilayer film of pulmonary surfactant, raised lung compliance, and restored pliability.
‘Time-Capsule’ bones of Huayracursor illuminate the rise of later giants like Argentinosaurus
Dated to about 230 million years, jaguensis is among the earliest known dinosaurs and promises new insight into the rise of the giant sauropods.
Kenyan find narrows Australopithecus-Neanderthal gap, reshaping 2M years of hand evolution
Dated to about 1.5 million years ago, the bones display a long robust thumb, short fingers and a mobile little finger, hinting at tool use and precision grips beyond the genus Homo.
Chikungunya resurfaces in U.S. after 6-year lull, CDC confirms local infection
It is the first mainland United States transmission in a decade, and officials say the chance of further spread is very low as mosquito activity declines.
Three-century-old manuscript resurfaces, rewriting Columbus lore
The 39-folio manuscript includes unpublished passages and will receive a critical edition that illuminates Columbus's political portrayal in early eighteenth-century Spain.
Scientists uncover how tropical hippos weathered the last Ice Age in Central Europe
researchers report the European fossils display very low genetic diversity, indicating a small isolated herd marooned in the Upper Rhine Graben during interstadial warm spells.
Sunken secrets: earliest iron-age cargoes in Israel’s Tantura lagoon
Research in Antiquity identifies the three wrecks as Israel’s earliest submerged cargoes, proving coastal trade survived long after the late bronze age collapse.
