Modern arms technologies help autocratic rulers stay in power
When autocratic rulers have access to modern arms that are both fast and accurate at long ranges, it allows them ...
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Discovery of anti-cancer chemistry makes skullcap fit for modern medicine
The evolutionary secrets that enable the medicinal herb known as barbed skullcap to produce cancer fighting compounds have been unlocked ...
2,000 years of genetic history in Scandinavia elucidates Viking age to modern day
A new study reported in the journal Cell on January 5 captures a genetic history across Scandinavia over 2,000 years, ...
Immune system of modern Papuans shaped by DNA from ancient Denisovans
Modern Papuans’ immune system likely evolved with a little help from the Denisovans, a mysterious human ancestor who interbred with ...
Fossil overturns more than a century of knowledge about the origin of modern birds
Fossilised fragments of a skeleton, hidden within a rock the size of a grapefruit, have helped upend one of the ...
New quantum computing feat is a modern twist on a 150-year-old thought experiment
A team of quantum engineers at UNSW Sydney has developed a method to reset a quantum computer – that is, ...
Ancient invasion can inform modern strategies for wildlife conservation
We might be inclined to think of invasive species as a modern problem of our own creation or carelessness. Credit: ...
Archaeology: Modern pesticide accelerates corrosion of ancient Roman bowl
A corroded Roman bowl dated to the Late Iron Age (between 43 and 410 AD) contains traces of chlorobenzenes, a ...
A single genomic change enabled increased neurogenesis in modern humans
A single amino acid change in the transketolase-like 1 (TKTL1) protein may have given modern humans an advantage over more ...
Modern humans generate more brain neurons than Neandertals
The question of what makes modern humans unique has long been a driving force for researchers. Comparisons with our closest ...
Modern pesticides damage the brain of bees so they can’t move in a straight line
The challenge to let people walk back and forth in a straight line isn't just used by police to test ...
Taking your time makes a difference – Brain development differs between Neanderthals and modern humans
After the ancestors of modern humans split from those of Neanderthals and Denisovans, their Asian relatives, about one hundred amino ...
Trilobites’ growth may have resembled that of modern marine crustaceans
Trilobites- extinct marine arthropods that roamed the world’s oceans from about 520 million years ago until they went extinct 250 million years ago, ...
“Punch-drunk slugnuts” and the language of violence: Tracing the impact of sports slang on modern perceptions of neurodegenerative disease
Throughout the twentieth century, being “punch drunk” was a commonly encountered condition—one denoted by an equally pervasive term. Similar turns ...
Modern wind turbines can more than compensate for decline in global wind resource
Wind energy contributes significantly to the energy sector’s sustainable, low-CO2 transformation. However, the efficiency of wind turbines depends on available ...
Professional ‘guilds’ of bacteria gave rise to the modern microbiome
Even the smallest marine invertebrates—some barely larger than single-celled protists—are home to distinct and diverse microbial communities, or microbiomes, according ...
FinTech: Accelerating the transformation of the modern financial industry
FinTech is one of the major forces of digital transformation for the financial industry. Emerging technologies and business model innovation ...
Modern household energy in rural China changed substantially
Globally there are nearly 2.8 billion people using traditional solid fuels like biomass and coals for daily cooking and heating, ...
New Texas A&M research documents domestic cattle genetics in modern bison herds
A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports has revealed the strongest evidence to date that all bison in North America ...
Terahertz imaging reveals hidden inscription on early modern funerary cross
In a multidisciplinary project, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia Tech-Lorraine used terahertz imaging and signal processing techniques to ...