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How positive tipping points may be the key to protecting tropical rainforests
The world's tropical rainforests are edging towards collapse. But knowing how to stop deforestation isn't enough to drive action. The challenge is aligning all...
Iberian DNA remained largely unchanged for six centuries before Roman influence, study finds
A study led by a UAB research team of Biological Anthropology has analyzed the genome of 54 newborns with the aim of tracking the genetic history of their cultu...
Can AI help coastal cities prepare for rising seas and extreme events?
Our novel artificial intelligence model can predict extreme storm surges with high accuracy, including under future climate conditions. Because the AI model run...
Oldest Maya Long Count calendar date may reveal how royalty turned time into power
Archaeologists working at the ancient Maya site of El Palmar in Campeche, Mexico, have discovered what may be the earliest known Long Count calendar date in the...
3D-printed nozzle array could streamline production of drug-delivery microparticles
MIT researchers have demonstrated a low-cost design for specialized electronic nozzles, called triaxial electrospray emitters, that could be used to manufacture...
Why are sloths slow? It's in their DNA
Sloths are the slowest mammals on the planet, but living in dense jungles has made them notoriously difficult to study. For the first time, scientists have now...
New dating of Spain's Sala Keimada rock art sanctuary reveals thousands of years of continuous use
The Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has participated in a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports...
Savanna chimpanzees use tools for capturing and feeding on army ants, study shows
Chimpanzees are the only great apes, apart from humans, that have adapted to living on savannas as well as in forests. However, it is not yet well understood ho...
Consumers often make suboptimal loan prepayment choices
When consumers pay down debt, many choose to put funds toward their oldest loans first—even when doing so may not make the most financial sense, according to re...
Ancient ground squirrel droppings reveal Arctic's rich evolutionary history
Ground squirrel droppings, preserved for millennia in the Yukon's deep permafrost, have yielded an enormous amount of environmental DNA from dozens of species o...
Koala numbers crashed across Australia 100,000 years ago. Global glacial cycles are likely to blame
It's surprising how easy it is to see a koala every day in Australia's major cities. The cute, gray marsupial can be found on T-shirts, hanging off people's bag...
'Super-connected' teenagers key to tackling violent crime, study suggests
Young people with the most connections to other suspected offenders of any age are almost five times more likely to carry knives than the average youth suspect,...