The additional burden of dementia for women
Women make up a significant majority of people living with dementia today. In the US, for example, approximately two-thirds of the more than 6 million people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s dementia…
Animal personalities can trip up science, but there is a solution
Animal personalities, A few years ago, Christian Rutz began to wonder if he was giving his ravens enough trust. Rutz, a biologist at the University of St. Andrews in…
The earliest modern humans mastered bow hunting 54,000 years ago
Based on research in France’s Mandrin Cave, in February 2022 we published a study in the journal Scientific progress which dismisses the earliest evidence of the former’s arrival Homo sapiens…
Meet 10 women in science who changed the world
This article was originally published on March 8, 2020. Who are they the greatest scientists of all time? Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, or other big names probably come to mind—and…
5 interesting things about Albert Einstein
This article was originally published on July 12, 2022. Albert Einstein is considered by many to be one of the the greatest scientists of all time. Mostly known for his…
Here’s how daylight saving time affects wildlife
This article was originally published on September 8, 2021. Twice a year every American—except those in Hawaii, Arizona and the country’s overseas territories — have to adjust their schedule by…
From cats to chatbots: how non-humans write scientific papers
Although it has proved to be a dream tool for many industries, ChatGPT is quickly becoming a nightmare for academia. As of January 2023 four individual research papers cite the…
Why does it rain so much in spring?
This article was originally published on March 30, 2021. “April showers bring May flowers,” or so we’ve been told. Perhaps that is why every year in the Northern Hemisphere, the…
23,000-year-old teeth fill ice age gap
23,000-year-old teeth fill ice age gap , For many years, the Malalmuerzo (“bad lunch”) cave near Granada, Spain, located near rocky farmland, was open to the public. Locals ducked…
Artificial intelligence’s search for extraterrestrial intelligence turns up 8 promising signals
One of the great scientific projects of our time is the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SETI—the search for evidence of technologically advanced civilizations elsewhere in the galaxy. The current…