In grade school, Charles DeLisi had his first indication of changes in the environment. He lived in a very wooded area, with trees filling his neighborhood, which was very fortunate since he loved to play in the forest. However, one of the saddest events of his adolescence, as he describes, occurred around the time he […]
The neurotransmitters GABA and glutamate have complementary functions – GABA inhibits neurons, while glutamate makes them extra active. Published on July 22nd, 2021, in PLOS Biology, scientists led by Roi Cohen Kadosh and George Zacharopoulos from the University of Oxford revealed that degrees of these two neurotransmitters in the intraparietal sulcus of the brain could
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The journal Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences published a study from The Paleoneurology Group at the Centro Nacional de Investigación Sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) led by Emiliano Bruner. This study analyzes visual exploration patterns during handling of Lower Paleolithic tools, being the first application of the eye-tracking methodology to real stone tools. The study was
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The origins of Arthur’s Stone, one of the UK’s most famous Stone Age monuments, were discovered by archaeologists from the Universities of Manchester and Cardiff. According to Manchester’s Professor Julian Thomas, who led the excavation, the ominous Herefordshire tomb links to nearby “halls of the dead” discovered in 2013. This construction inspired the ‘stone table’ in
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At the Cova Gran de Santa Linya site (La Noguera, Lleida), the remains of a female attributed to H. sapiens were discovered by scientists of the Centro Nacional de Investigación Sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH). The carbon-14 record of the sediments in the natural vessel where her remains were discovered shows that she lived in
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US prisons currently hold about 2 million detainees – many held while awaiting trial, and others serving extremely long prison sentences. New research by Professor Christopher Slobogin, Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law at Vanderbilt Law School, indicates that a risk prediction algorithm can help dramatically reduce these numbers. According to the professor, there is
New research published in Scientific Reports has revealed that a plain but robust new algorithm can help engineers improve the design of cellular materials used in various applications, from defense, biomedical to intelligent structures and the aerospace sector. How cell materials perform can be uncertain, so calculations to help engineers predict how they will react
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On August 9, 2021, research from APC Microbiome Ireland (APC) at University College Cork (UCC), published in the leading international scientific journal Nature Aging, presents a new approach to invert aspects of brain deterioration and cognitive function related to aging through the microbes in the intestine. As our population ages, one of the leading global
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A team of scientists from the Israel Antiquities Authority found evidence of a massive earthquake in the city of Jerusalem dating back to approximately 2,800 years ago. Previous research had uncovered evidence of a significant earthquake in Israel in the mid-eighth century BC at places such as Hatzor and Tell es-Safi/Gath, but no evidence was
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The Italian island of Sicily may have registered the highest temperature ever recorded in Europe – 48.8C (119.8F) Regional authorities reported the reading, which the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) needs to verify, near Syracuse on Wednesday. According to the WMO, the present official record in Europe is 48ºC, registered in Athens, Greece, in 1977. The
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