av Spies can eavesdrop on phone calls by sensing vibrations with radar By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:52:43 +0000 An off-the-shelf millimetre wave sensor can pick out the tiny vibrations made by a smartphone's speaker, enabling an AI model to transcribe the conversation, even at a distance in a noisy room Full Article
av A bizarre skeleton from a Roman grave has bones from eight people By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:51:08 +0000 Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis have revealed that a complete skeleton found in a 2nd-century cemetery is made up of bones from many people spanning thousands of years – but we don’t know who assembled it or why Full Article
av Spraying rice with sunscreen particles during heatwaves boosts growth By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 22:15:29 +0000 Zinc nanoparticles, a common sunscreen ingredient, can make plants more resilient to climate change – in a surprising way Full Article
av Distant dwarf planet Makemake might have a surprising ice volcano By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 20:26:31 +0000 A small world in the outer solar system appears to have volcanic activity possibly spurred by liquid water Full Article
av Carbon emissions from private jets have exploded in recent years By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:00:59 +0000 The climate impact of flights taken by the super-rich rose sharply from 2019 to 2023, fuelling calls for a carbon tax on private aviation Full Article
av Marmots could have the solution to a long-running debate in evolution By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:00:29 +0000 When it comes to the survival of animals living in the wild, the characteristics of the group can matter as much as the traits of the individual, according to a study in marmots Full Article
av Why does our universe have something instead of nothing? By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:00:21 +0000 In order to figure out how something came from nothing, we first need to explore the different types of nothing Full Article
av Chimps do better at difficult tasks when they have an audience By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:00:33 +0000 An analysis of thousands of cognitive tests carried out by chimpanzees finds that the number of spectators influenced their performance in different ways depending on the difficulty of the task Full Article
av AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:00:46 +0000 Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics real-world obstacles – a possible shortcut for training robots faster and more accurately Full Article
av If an asteroid were heading towards Earth, could you avert disaster? By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:55:00 +0000 From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to see if you could avoid a catastrophic impact Full Article
av Mammoth tusk tool may have been used to make ropes 37,000 years ago By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:00:30 +0000 Experiments with a replica suggest that a piece of mammoth ivory with carved holes found in a cave in Germany was used by ancient humans to make ropes Full Article
av Hominins may have left Africa 700,000 years earlier than we thought By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Fri, 09 Feb 2024 17:20:42 +0000 Our hominin ancestors originated in Africa and the consensus is that they didn't leave there until about 1.8 million years ago, but stone tools found in Jordan challenge the idea Full Article
av Dogs and horses buried with Iron Age people may have been beloved pets By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:00:32 +0000 A 2200-year-old burial ground in northern Italy includes people interred with dogs and horses, perhaps showing they had strong bonds with their animals Full Article
av Ukraine may have been first part of Europe colonised by early humans By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:00:56 +0000 Korolevo, a site in Ukraine where early humans made stone tools, has been dated to 1.4 million years ago, suggesting early humans moved from Ukraine into the rest of Europe Full Article
av Indigenous Australians have managed land with fire for 11,000 years By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:00:20 +0000 Lake sediments reveal the ancient history of Aboriginal people’s use of fire to manage the landscape, a tradition that has benefits for biodiversity Full Article
av Mammoth carcass was scavenged by ancient humans and sabre-toothed cats By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:00:10 +0000 A southern mammoth skeleton found in Spain bears cut marks from stone tools and bite marks from carnivore teeth, suggesting that both hominins and felids feasted on its meat Full Article
av Human brains have been mysteriously preserved for thousands of years By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:01:29 +0000 Intact human brains 12,000 years old or more have been found in unexpected places such as shipwrecks and waterlogged graves, but it is unclear what preserved them Full Article
av People watch sports, have sex, make children, study finds By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Feedback is intrigued by new research into how major sports tournaments "were associated with increases in the number of babies born" nine months later - but only for supporters of the winning teams Full Article
av Stone Age blades could have been used for butchery, not just hunting By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:40:06 +0100 A modern butchery experiment using replicas of Stone Age tools raises new questions about how often prehistoric peoples hunted large animals such as bison or mammoths Full Article
av Ancient humans lived inside a lava tube in the Arabian desert By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:00:09 +0100 Underground tunnels created by lava flows provided humans with shelter for thousands of years beneath the hot desert landscape of Saudi Arabia Full Article
av Astonishing images show how female Neanderthal may have looked By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Thu, 02 May 2024 12:10:46 +0100 The skull of Shanidar Z was found in the Shanidar cave in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and has been painstakingly put back together Full Article
av Early humans took northern route to Australia, cave find suggests By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 22 May 2024 15:00:21 +0100 An excavation on Timor reveals humans first settled on the island 44,000 years ago, long after the earliest occupation of Australia – suggesting migration to the latter took another route Full Article
av Neanderthal child may have had Down’s syndrome By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:00:33 +0100 A fossil bone displaying features consistent with Down’s syndrome belonged to a Neanderthal child who survived beyond 6 years old, adding to evidence that these extinct humans cared for members of their community Full Article
av Iron Age skeletons found under bridge may have been hit by a tsunami By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:00:59 +0100 Twenty people may have died 2000 years ago when an Iron Age bridge suddenly collapsed following a tsunami or flood, but scientists also cannot rule out that they were sacrificed Full Article
av The plague may have wiped out most northern Europeans 5000 years ago By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:00:21 +0100 DNA evidence from tombs in Sweden and Denmark suggests major plague outbreaks were responsible for the Neolithic decline in northern Europe Full Article
av Egyptian pyramid may have been built using a water-powered elevator By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:20:04 +0100 Ancient Egyptians may have relied on a vertical shaft that could be filled with water, along with a network of water channels and filtration structures, to build the Step Pyramid of Djoser 4500 years ago Full Article
av Hobbit hominins from Indonesia may have had even smaller ancestors By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:00:27 +0100 An arm bone from an ancient human that lived 700,000 years ago on the island of Flores is the smallest ever found from an adult hominin, adding a new piece to the puzzle of Homo floresiensis Full Article
av When did humans leave the trees for the savannah – or did they at all? By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 20:00:10 +0100 Ancient humans are said to have evolved to leave the trees, where our primate ancestors lived, in favour of open grassy savannahs – but we may have this idea wrong Full Article
av Gravity may explain why Neanderthals failed to adopt advanced weaponry By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 19:00:32 +0100 Spear-throwing tools called atlatls allow humans to launch projectiles over great distances, but Neanderthals apparently never used them – and an experiment involving a 9-metre-tall platform may explain why Full Article
av A cave in France is revealing how the Neanderthals died out By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Discoveries from the genomes of the last Neanderthals are rewriting the story of how our own species came to replace them Full Article
av A bizarre skeleton from a Roman grave has bones from eight people By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:51:08 +0000 Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis have revealed that a complete skeleton found in a 2nd-century cemetery is made up of bones from many people spanning thousands of years – but we don’t know who assembled it or why Full Article
av U.S. to Be Removed From E.U. Safe Travel List By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:00:00 PDT Title: U.S. to Be Removed From E.U. Safe Travel ListCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av U.S. Will Lift Restrictions on Fully Vaccinated International Travelers in November By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 00:00:00 PDT Title: U.S. Will Lift Restrictions on Fully Vaccinated International Travelers in NovemberCategory: Health NewsCreated: 9/20/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 9/21/2021 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av U.S. to Reopen Borders to Vaccinated Travelers from Canada, Mexico By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:00:00 PDT Title: U.S. to Reopen Borders to Vaccinated Travelers from Canada, MexicoCategory: Health NewsCreated: 10/13/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 10/13/2021 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av Vaccinated Foreign Travelers Can Enter United States Beginning Nov. 8 By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:00:00 PDT Title: Vaccinated Foreign Travelers Can Enter United States Beginning Nov. 8Category: Health NewsCreated: 10/15/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 10/18/2021 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av U.S. Reopens Borders to Vaccinated Foreign Travelers By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 00:00:00 PDT Title: U.S. Reopens Borders to Vaccinated Foreign TravelersCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/8/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/8/2021 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av Most Older Adults Plan to Travel Soon, With Precautions: Poll By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:00:00 PDT Title: Most Older Adults Plan to Travel Soon, With Precautions: PollCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/17/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/17/2021 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av England to Lift Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated Visitors By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:00:00 PDT Title: England to Lift Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated VisitorsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/24/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/25/2022 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av Mandatory COVID-19 Tests Lifted for Vaccinated Travelers to Britain By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:00 PDT Title: Mandatory COVID-19 Tests Lifted for Vaccinated Travelers to BritainCategory: Health NewsCreated: 2/11/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/14/2022 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av Is Graves’ Disease the Same as Thyrotoxicosis? By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 00:00:00 PDT Title: Is Graves’ Disease the Same as Thyrotoxicosis?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 7/8/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 7/8/2022 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av It's Back to Basics to Save a Life By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT Title: It's Back to Basics to Save a LifeCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/23/2009 8:10:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/24/2009 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av Sneezing Again? Avoid Ragweed By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT Title: Sneezing Again? Avoid RagweedCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/22/2010 10:10:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/23/2010 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av Initial Savings May Hide True Cost of Prostate Cancer Care By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT Title: Initial Savings May Hide True Cost of Prostate Cancer CareCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/23/2010 12:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 8/24/2010 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av Type 2 Diabetes May Have Link to Alzheimer's By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT Title: Type 2 Diabetes May Have Link to Alzheimer'sCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/26/2010 10:43:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/26/2010 10:43:52 AM Full Article
av Does Hope Have a Dark Side? By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT Title: Does Hope Have a Dark Side?Category: Health NewsCreated: 8/26/2010 10:10:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/27/2010 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av New Blood Thinner Effient No Better Than Plavix at Preventing Heart Trouble: Study By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT Title: New Blood Thinner Effient No Better Than Plavix at Preventing Heart Trouble: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/26/2012 10:05:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/27/2012 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av Teen Girls Need Bone Health Advice to Stave Off Osteoporosis By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT Title: Teen Girls Need Bone Health Advice to Stave Off OsteoporosisCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/24/2012 4:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 8/27/2012 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av Stopping Controversial Asthma Drugs Could Have Downside: Study By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT Title: Stopping Controversial Asthma Drugs Could Have Downside: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/27/2012 6:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 8/28/2012 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av Electronic Cigarettes Have Slight Impact on Heart: Study By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT Title: Electronic Cigarettes Have Slight Impact on Heart: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/27/2012 2:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 8/28/2012 12:00:00 AM Full Article
av Missed Diagnoses in ICU Often Have Deadly Results: Review By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT Title: Missed Diagnoses in ICU Often Have Deadly Results: ReviewCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/28/2012 2:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 8/29/2012 12:00:00 AM Full Article