Earth & Environment
Complexity of forests cannot be explained by simple mathematical rules
The way trees grow together do not resemble how branches grow on a single tree, scientists have discovered.
Jan 24, 2024
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Life
Ancient Predator Fossils Unearthed in Greenland
Fossils of a new group of animal predators have been discovered in the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet fossil locality in North Greenland.
Jan 4, 2024
Brain & Behavior
Software can detect hidden and complex emotions in parents
Researchers have conducted trials using a software capable of detecting intricate details of emotions that remain hidden to the human eye.
Oct 5, 2023
Life
Colorful primates don’t have better color vision
Primate species with better colour vision are not more likely to have red skin or fur colouration, as previously thought.
Sep 22, 2023
Earth & Environment
Why and when the Sahara Desert was green
A pioneering study has shed new light on North African humid periods that have occurred over the past 800,000 years and explains why the Sahara Desert was periodically green.
Sep 13, 2023
Earth & Environment
Bat activity lower at solar farm sites, study finds
The activity level of six bat species was significantly reduced at solar farm sites, researchers have observed.
Aug 8, 2023
Brain & Behavior
Memories could be lost if two key brain regions fail to sync together, study finds
Learning, remembering something, and recalling memories is supported by multiple separate groups of neurons connected inside and across key regions in the brain.
Mar 15, 2023
Earth & Environment
Flood risks can still be considerably reduced if all global promises to cut carbon emissions are kept
Annual damage caused by flooding in the UK could increase by more than a fifth over the next century due to climate change unless all international pledges to reduce carbon emissions are met, according to new research.
Mar 7, 2023
Life
Fossil discovery in storeroom cupboard shifts origin of modern lizard back 35 million years
A specimen retrieved from a cupboard of the Natural History Museum in London has shown that modern lizards originated in the Late Triassic and not the Middle Jurassic as previously thought.
Dec 4, 2022
Brain & Behavior
Discovery of novel brain fear mechanisms offers target for anxiety-reducing drugs
A new target in the brain which underpins the eliciting of anxiety and fear behaviours such as ‘freezing’ has been identified by neuroscientists.
Mar 15, 2022
Brain & Behavior
UK Report reveals young people felt less anxious and more connected to school in lockdown
Younger teenagers in the South West of England felt less anxious and more connected to school when they were away from it during the COVID-19 global pandemic public lockdown, a first-of-its-kind study has found.
Aug 24, 2020