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Archaeologists uncover possible evidence of ancient copper smelting spanning more than 2,000 years in a mountain cave more than 2,000 meters above sea level
Featured news
Fur seals back on land speed up their heart to clear waste products and replenish oxygen stores
Featured news
Humans exposed to infrasound don’t detect it, but have raised cortisol and irritability levels — offering a possible explanation for ‘haunted’ locations .
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Researchers analyzing pollen trapped in the waterproofing layers of long sunken Roman Republic ship find proof that it may have been patched up successively at different locations throughout the Adriatic Sea
Health
Humans exposed to infrasound don’t detect it, but have raised cortisol and irritability levels — offering a possible explanation for ‘haunted’ locations .
Health
Cognitively stimulating home can protect against higher risk of ADHD and peer relationship problems in preschoolers with congenital heart disease
Health
Wildlife monitoring could alert us to the spread of highly antibiotic resistant bacteria into unexposed ecosystems, highlighting a potential public health strategy
Health
The offspring of mice that ate sucralose or stevia had altered expression of genes linked to inflammation and metabolism
Neuroscience
Dr Maria Santacà describes how not only how fish and birds perceive their worlds, but also how ecological pressures shape the evolution of perception.
Neuroscience
Scientists find that words you’ve been told to recall are better remembered than words with negative emotional connotations — but surprisingly, sleeping doesn’t help.
Neuroscience
Listening to joyful music helped study participants with motion sickness recover better than other participants — while sad music helped less than doing nothing.
Neuroscience
In well-designed gardens, our gaze shifts quicker and more often. Researchers believe this could be key to understanding the relaxing effects gardens can have on viewers.
Environment
Immediate call for global action to shift world towards a “nature positive” approach is published in Frontiers in Science.
Environment
‘Microbial cross-feeding’ and previously unknown enzymes help community of bacteria to digest toxic phthalate esters
Environment
Glacier ice can reveal air pollution dating back to the Roman Empire — but the climate crisis is destroying this frozen archive
Environment
Thinning to slow wildfires simultaneously boosts ‘hydrological resilience’ of forests
Psychology
For better play, give children space to choose and accessible games, scientists say
Psychology
Research shows that problems with focus and identifying emotions may make young people more vulnerable to short video addiction, but mental training can help
Psychology
With less than one month before the holidays, many of us are gearing up for the annual Christmas shopping extravaganza. We’re highlighting five articles you won’t want to miss before hitting the shops.
Psychology
Scientists find that people mostly avoid social media ads when they see them, but many ads blend in seamlessly.
Space sciences and astronomy
Scientists have shown for the first time that solar activity can predict the rate at which space junk and satellites descend from orbit
Space sciences and astronomy
What if future planetary robots did not have to wait for instructions from Earth before examining every rock?
Space sciences and astronomy
Guest editorial by Prof Heidi Newberg, an astrophysicist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and author of a new Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences article
Space sciences and astronomy
Scientists successfully identify microbe fossils in terrestrial rocks like those found on Mars, opening up the possibility of searching for fossils on the Red Planet.
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