New DNA sequencing technologies have identified the historical remains of George Washington's grandnephews, Samuel Walter Washington and George Steptoe Washington Jr., and their mother, Lucy Payn...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-dna-ids-descendants-george-washington.html
What did an ancient Chinese emperor from 1,500 years ago look like? A team of researchers reconstructed the face of Chinese Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains.
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-ancient-dna-reveals-6th-century.html
A study led by the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) and published in the journal Ecological Economics provides important insights into the future of food labeling in the ...
Legislators love bundling things together. It lets them accomplish more with less hassle and attempt to make legislation more appealing to a broader group. But a new study in the journal Climatic...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-climate-policies-popularity-combined-social.html
People living in rural communities in Scotland are less likely to experience loneliness and poor well-being than those living in urban areas, according to new research from the University of Glas...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-rural-residents-lonely-urban-neighbors.html
Independent guardians who support young survivors of child trafficking are crucial to their protection, safety and recovery in an increasingly difficult environment, analysis shows.
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-independent-guardians-impact-young-survivors.html
In women, a low resting heart rate is associated with a slightly raised incidence of criminal offending as well as unintentional injuries, in a large all-female study published March 27 in the op...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-resting-heart-women-criminal-unintentional.html
Emotional reactions to climate change may lead to specific policy preferences, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Climate by Teresa A. Myers of George Mason University...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-emotional-reaction-climate-impact-policies.html
Increased worker mobility can negatively impact a business's ability to adopt new technology such as artificial intelligence (AI), researchers have found.
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-worker-mobility-impact-technology.html
Live performing arts are facing an existential threat from a range of potential global shocks unless there is significant and sustained investment in resilience planning, according to a new inter...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-arts-threat-future-global-lessons.html
Whether you're passionate about rescuing puppies, feeding hungry people, or helping victims of a natural disaster, you're considerably less likely to respond to a charity's appeal for help if you...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-charities-boost-likelihood-donations-smartphone.html
How would an armed conflict, an epidemic, or a flood affect the economy? "Being able to assess—perhaps even predict—the economic impact of such crises is essential when it comes to mitigating...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-added-tax-countries-crises.html
It is often remarked that Spanish should be more widely spoken or understood in the scientific community given its number of speakers around the world, a figure the Instituto Cervantes places at ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-english-dominates-scientific.html
Why did humans take over the world while our closest relatives, the Neanderthals, became extinct? It's possible we were just smarter, but there's surprisingly little evidence that's true.
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-modern-humans-neanderthals-key-social.html
Social media influencers who want to be paid money for their content must focus on three key areas to lift themselves out of the gifts-in-kind trap and to protect their pursuit of meaningful work...
How's that sandwich? If you're munching on a supermarket meal deal while reading this, well, I probably am too.
A new study from the University of Kansas has analyzed the roles classroom interaction and parental support play in school connectedness, finding clearly communicated instruction in class and sup...
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 1,300 students enrolled in a three-week summer immersion course, "The Pandemic: Science and Society," at Washington University in St. Louis. The innovati...
It was everywhere on the news and social media. In September 2023, 10,000 migrants arrived on the island of Lampedusa, more than doubling the island's population of 6,000 and overwhelming its res...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-eu-campaigns-deter-migrants.html
Israeli scientist Ellen Graber has spent years researching ways to save chocolate crops from climate change. But with the government slashing spending to fund the war in Gaza, her project is one ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-israel-war-scientists-limbo.html
The shifting landscape of post-COVID-19 employment highlights a reduction in the gender employment gap among individuals with disabilities, a trend not observed among those without disabilities, ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-gender-employment-gap-narrows-people.html
Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University have uncovered the mystery surrounding extensive Paleolithic stone quarrying and tool-making sites: Why did Homo erectus repeatedly revisit the very same l...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-elephant-early-humans-proximity-extensive.html
Following the events of Jan. 6, 2021—when a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol building in an effort to interrupt the certification process of the 2020 presidential election—experts began t...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-essays-democracy-attention-critical-threats.html
One of the features of the deaf community is that it is highly diverse. As well as including people of different ages and genders, the members of the community do not all share the same type of d...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-women-higher-personal-growth-deaf.html
Lack of money impacts how a person takes financial decisions: now or preferably later. Procrastination and avoidance behaviors in turn have an effect on lack of money, which can result in a sense...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-psychological-poverty-lack-money-impacts.html
New University of Liverpool research has shown fridge magnets are more than just tourist souvenirs providing holidaymakers with an important aide for memory recall.
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-fridge-magnets-important-holiday-memories.html
Queensland University of Technology researchers have homed in on AI-powered chatbots in the local government sector to look at their benefits and risks, what they are used for and why, and how us...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-upsides-local-employ-chatbots.html
In 1894, Harvard University commissioned a report on grading standards, due to concerns that:
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-university-grades-problem.html
Members of Congress tend to use more politically polarizing language in forums that are more likely to attract a national audience, according to a new study co-written by a University of Massachu...
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-partisan-congressional-speech-shifts-platform.html
Local and state governments have a variety of tools at their disposal to attract businesses or entice them to stay. One is tax relief. Austin, for example, helped lure electric automaker Tesla in...