Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Researchers have discovered that a part of the brain associated with working memory and multisensory integration may also play an important role in how the brain processes social cues. Previous research has shown that neurons in the ventrolateral prefrontal […]

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. A study finds that algorithms used by online dating platforms have popularity bias, meaning that they recommend more popular, attractive users over less popular, less attractive users. The researchers evaluated data from over 240,000 users of a major online […]

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. New natural disaster risk modeling offers a reliable and affordable way for governments to estimate expected damage from river floods that overflow their banks. In recent months, rivers overflowing their banks have caused property damage and loss of life […]

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. The United States must reduce racial residential segregation if it is to reduce racial disparities in health outcomes, according to a recently published study. The research on 220 metropolitan areas nationwide between 1980 and 2020 found strong links between […]

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Researchers have found a species of ant so rare that only a handful of records exist from across the entire eastern US. Michelle Kirchner not only found these ants in the Triangle region of North Carolina, she is the […]

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Mailing HPV test kits directly to patients significantly increases cervical cancer screening rates, both in populations overdue for screening and those who have previously kept up to date, a new study shows. Three years ago, the federal government set […]

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Headless animals called brittle stars have no brains at all and still manage to learn through experience, new research reveals. Relatives of starfish, brittle stars spend most of their time hiding under rocks and crevices in the ocean or […]

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. A new discovery may lead to medical advances in bio-implants, wearable sensors, and more, according to a new study. How to create strong, yet quick-release connections between living and non-living tissue continues to puzzle bioengineers who aim to create […]

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Quinoa and other extremely resilient plants are covered with strange balloon-like bladders that were long believed to protect them from drought and salt. New findings say otherwise. These so-called bladder cells serve a completely different though important function. The […]

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Using 700 years’ worth of wave data from more than a billion waves, scientists have used artificial intelligence to find a formula for how to predict the occurrence of rogue waves. Long considered myth, freakishly large rogue waves are […]