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Study of Neanderthal Teeth Grooves Reveals Evidence of Prehistoric Dental Care

Three views of the four articulated teeth making up KDP 20. a. occlusal view showing lingually placedmesial interproximal wear facet on P4 (arrow) and buccal wear on M3; b. lingual view showing a mesiallyplaced interproximal wear facet on P4 (arrow), chips from lingual faces of all teeth and rotated, partiallyimpacted M3; c. buccal view...

The QE Ratchet

When it comes to quantitative easing (QE), where you stand most definitely relies on where you sit. That is among the findings of the brand-new report of the Economic Affairs Board of the Committee of the UK House of Lords.The report offers a superb survey of how it is that central banks currently use...

Why China and the USA Aren’t Cooperating on COVID-19?

The intergovernmental cooperation between the United States and China was an essential part of the battle against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003. However, a significant cooperation to battle COVID-19 has not happened yet. The state of US and China bilateral connections and the failure to collaborate have possibly worsened the pandemic.Despite resemblances...

Will Central Bank Digital Currencies Doom Dollar Supremacy?

Some believe that the issuance of central bank digital currencies will change the international monetary status quo by eroding the US dollar's supremacy of cross-border payments and considerably reducing transaction costs. However, this is unlikely to happen.Berkeley - August 13-15 stamps the 50th anniversary of "the weekend that transformed the world," when Richard Nixon,...

Art, Drama and Music Lower Anxiety: Considerations for Trainees in Years 11 and also 12

If you are considering taking a performing or visual arts subject in years 11 and also 12, you are making a few considerations. These might include your interest and affinity to the topic, how doing a few arts subjects may influence your entry into university, and what to do with skills you learn.Approximately 30%...

Kids’ Love for Video Games Can Enhance Classroom Understanding

Teachers must take advantage of children's love for computer games to improve their class learning, discovered a new Australian study.The research considered the 'video gaming' habits of 318 girls and kids in Year 3 (seven and eight years old) from 14 Queensland schools across the Federal government, Anglican, and Catholic sectors.The searchings for "Young...

Fostering Anti-racism in Ecology, Development and also Preservation Biology

Academic departments in ecology, evolution and preservation biology are progressively aware of the need to deal with persistent barriers and challenges faced by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in these subjects. A diverse group of professors, staff, and students in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) at UC Santa Cruz...

Research Study Reveals Stories Created by Children are More Likely to Have Male Personalities

A trio of scientists at the University of Oxford has discovered that male characters appear more frequently than female characters in stories written by kids of either sex. In their paper published in the journal Society for Research in Child Development, Yaling Hsiao, Nilanjana Banerji, and Kate Country explain their analysis of short stories...

The 2000 Year Old Greek Astronomical Calculator: Experts Recreate a Mechanical Cosmos for the Globe’s First Computer

Cosmos Display at the front of the Antikythera Mechanism, showing the positions of the Sun, Moon, and five planets as well as the phase of the Moon and the nodes of the Moon. Copyright © 2020 Tony FreethResearchers at UCL have fixed a significant piece of the challenge that makes up the ancient Greek...

First Application of the Eye-Tracking Methodology to Studying Lithic Industry

Experimental session. Credit: M. SilvaThe 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...