Arts/Culture

A palette of colours on a silver plate: that is what the world's first colour photograph looks like. It was taken by French physicist Edmond Becquerel in 1848. His process was empirical, never explained, and quickly abandoned. A team at…

These are the conclusions of a study carried out by a researcher from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) that analyses the political dimension of this kind of expression used massively in TV series and fiction films. "By using…

Credit: Ryan Coppage WASHINGTON, March 23, 2020 -- Making your own ceramics can be a way to express your creativity, but some techniques and materials used in the process could spell bad news for your health and the environment. If not…

Credit: Nikolay Simonenko et al./Heritage Science Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of RAS, and Russia's famed Tretyakov Gallery have conducted a…

Sharon Glazer, PhD has been named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). Dr. Glazer was granted Fellow status by the SIOP Executive Board at its most recent meeting. The profession of industrial…

Joseph Allen, PhD has been named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). Dr. Allen was granted Fellow status by the SIOP Executive Board at its most recent meeting. The profession of industrial and…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Centuries of archaeological research on the Inca Empire has netted a veritable library of knowledge. But new digital and data-driven projects led by Brown University scholars are proving that there is much more to…

New book by Binghamton University faculty explores the impact of American war preparationCredit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The military waste that results from the United States…

New study shed light on some of the earliest examples of human symbolic behavior: Ancient engravings were likely produced with aesthetic intent and marked group identity. Symbolic behaviour - such as language, account keeping, music, art,…

Researchers warn of drawing too-quick conclusions about people's feelings Interacting with other people is almost always a game of reading cues and volleying back. We think a smile conveys happiness, so we offer a smile in return. We think…

Death in the 21st century: What is left behind Social media pages and accounts often turn into memorials when someone dies, giving people a chance to still feel connected to those they've lost. But after we're gone, who owns the information…

German-Egyptian research project has reestablished Asyut's importance in the history of Egypt over the past 16 yearsCredit: photo/©: Fritz Barthel About 4,000 years ago, Asyut was an important cultural center in Middle Egypt.…

Young people make intensive use of digital networks to read, write and comment on literary texts. But their reading behavior varies considerably depending on whether the title is from the world of popular or classic literature, as…

Year-long program embeds award-winning painter, jazz musician and author with scientists studying the mind, the brain and behaviorCredit: Anastasia Muna NEW YORK -- A trio of pioneers in the fields of visual arts, jazz and…

Credit: Carla Handley It may not always seem so, but scientists are convinced that humans are unusually cooperative. Unlike other animals, we cooperate not just with kith and kin, but also with genetically unrelated strangers. Consider how…

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The cascade of events that led to the toppling of an empire may not be as easy to trace as it seems, according to a Penn State historian who recently penned a new book on the fall of the Roman Empire. Michael…

Credit: Photo credit: Dave Stobbe for the University of Saskatchewan. A University of Saskatchewan-led international team has produced the first web and mobile phone app of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales--the first major literary…

Research reveals consumers don't simply rely on other peoples' opinions in reviews but leverage a combination of reviews and previews when purchasing e-books. The purchase likelihood escalates 31% when consumers are exposed to both…

Sexual harassment is found to occur more frequently in field research and might be affecting undergraduate recruiting in STEM fields.Credit: University of Arkansas Studies have demonstrated that sexual harassment occurs more…

Chemical analysis of the statue reveals its age and original polychromatic designCredit: Sepúlveda et al, 2020. The Pachacamac Idol of ancient Peru was a multicolored and emblematic sacred icon worshipped for almost 700 hundred…