People with less memory loss in old age gain more knowledge

Researchers find high-energy oxygen and sulfur ions in Jupiter's inner radiation belts - and a previously unknown ion source

Scientists have developed a novel framework describing the way the "blue spot," a tiny cluster of cells at the base of the brain, regulates our brain's sensitivity in situations requiring attention: as the main source of the neurotransmitter noradrenaline…

Ostrich Eggshell Beads Reveal 50k-Year-Old Social Network Across Africa

The Millennium Simulation Project

Einstein Wins Again

Study suggest that crows have some concept of the relative 'value' of different tool types

Ostrich Eggshell Beads Reveal 50,000-Year-old Social Network Across Africa New archeological study shows ancient connection between populations 3,000 km apart, and provides first direct link between climate change and ancient human social behavior

Study reveals that animals cope with environmental complexity by reducing the world into a series of sequential two-choice decisions and use an algorithm to make a decision, a strategy that results in highly effective decision-making no matter how many options there are

Those that game together, stay together

Biomarker predicts severity of Covid-19 infection early on

Study: Cultures that frequently engage in conflicts with other cultures have more cooperative games than competitive games

Research has found an infection with the coronavirus within the family leads to a drastic reduction in prosocial behavior in adolescents from socioeconomically weaker families

Early Homo sapiens groups in Europe faced subarctic climates

The Wendelstein 7-X concept proves its efficiency

First lethal attacks by chimpanzees on gorillas observed

What termites and cells have in common

Taking the brain out for a walk - A recent longitudinal MRI study with 6 participants and over 280 brain scans shows that spending time outdoors has a positive effect on our brains, increasing gray matter in the right dorsolateral–prefrontal cortex.

Neural Actor: Neural Free-View Synthesis of Human Actors with Pose Control

Largest study of its kind reveals the way relative brain size of mammals changed over the last 150 million years

Genetic sequencing of human remains dating back 45,000 years has revealed a previously unknown migration into Europe and showed intermixing with Neanderthals in that period was more common than previously thought.

Coherent Nuclear Excitations

A German-Polish research team has succeeded in creating a micrometer-sized space-time crystal consisting of magnons at room temperature.

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens used identical Nubian technology

Using theoretical calculations, an international team of researchers shows that it would not be possible to control a superintelligent AI

A newly developed compound starves cancer cells by attacking their "power plants"

Empathy and perspective taking: How social skills are built

As interactions increasingly take place online, people find information that confirms their existing beliefs, making them less willing to listen to alternatives

The Sun is more active now than over the last 8000 years (2004)

From fluffy to valuable: How the brain recognises objects

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