People are flocking to nature’s doorstep, and into wildfire territory.
Homes constructed where human development meets undeveloped wildland are particularly vulnerable to wildfires and other natural hazards (SN: 11/9/23)….
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Robot learns how to clean a washbasin
Robots are supposed to do boring or unpleasant jobs for us. However, tedious tasks such as cleaning the bathroom are challenging to automate. How is it possible to calculate the movement of a robot arm so that it can reach every part of a…
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New insights into the origins of writing
Archaeologists have discovered links between cylinder seal symbols (4400-3400 BC) and early proto-cuneiform symbols (3350-3000 BC) from Uruk in southern Iraq.
Uruk, one of the earliest cities played a leading role in the urbanisation of Sumer from…
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A digital exam reels in engraved scenes of Stone Age net fishing
Rare depictions of Stone Age net fishing have surfaced on engraved stones thanks to an imaging technique that gives magnification a digital boost.
Previously unnoticed lines etched into eight stones found at Gönnersdorf, a roughly…
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Scientists Investigate Inner Workings of DNA Methylation in Plants
DNA methylation is one of several epigenetic mechanisms crucial for regulating gene expression in eukaryotic organisms.
Arabidopsis thaliana. Image credit: Carl Davies, CSIRO / CC BY 3.0.
DNA methylation is a normal biological process in…
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Neuroscientists Identify 16 Neuronal Types Involved in Human Sense of Touch
New research led by scientists from the University of Pennsylvania, Karolinska Institute and Linköping University provides a landscape view of the human sense of touch.
The versatility of somatosensation arises from heterogeneous dorsal root…
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A huge, ancient Maya city has been found in southern Mexico
A massive Maya landscape has been hiding under a forested area of southern Mexico.
The newfound city, dubbed Valeriana, spans an area roughly the size of Beijing and has “all the hallmarks of a Classic Maya political capital,”…
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The ‘midlife crisis’ is too simple a story, scientists say
The notion of a midlife crisis is dead. Or maybe it was always bunk. Now some scientists want a postmortem for the theory.
The idea that happiness in the Western world plummets around midlife before rebounding has been around since…
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A phone app could help people have lucid dreams
If you want to have a dream where you know you’re dreaming, you might be in luck. A phone app seems to boost users’ odds of having lucid dreams.
Before bed, the app has users listen to a specific sound, such as a series of beeps,…
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