The sea lamprey looks like it’s from another planet, but this ancient creature has a surprising amount in common with humans
On the right side, kB is called the Boltzman constant, and omega (Ω) is the number of possible “microstates.” Let me explain with an example: Say I have four coins and four people. How many different ways can I share these coins? Well, two…
The Stats don’t lie: after age 65, most people will struggle to focus visually on close-up objects. You might have seen this among your friends and relatives or even experienced it yourself, holding books, magazines, or your phone farther away…
An ecosystem of marine life has been found thriving on and around munitions disposed in the
Musicians respond to pain differently than other people, a startling new study says.
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Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and bigger brains.
Via a process called encephalization, human brains evolved to be relatively more massive than would be…
A fossilised human skull unearthed in China and dated to around one million years ago may…
A fossilised human skull unearthed in China and dated to around one million years ago may…
For some animals, living in the big city makes socializing a lot easier. Take the common wall lizard, for example; these reptiles don’t always see eye-to-eye with members of their own species in their natural habitat, but in urban areas, they…
Attention can be fleeting, sharpened by focus, caught, or given. Some people are generally good at holding attention, while others excel at hyper-focusing in certain areas. But what sparks the neuronal cascade in our brains at the very beginning…