Research: Insight into infant handling by young bonobos —

University of Oregon anthropologist Klaree Boose followed her intuition about her observations of bonobos at a U.S. zoo. She now theorizes that young...
Researchers Reveal That They've Found Evidence of Insects on Mars

Researchers Reveal That They’ve Found Evidence of Insects on Mars

NASA, the United States space agency has recently revealed that their Mars 2020 rover will look for alien existence on the Red Planet. As...

Research: Massive Laki volcano eruption led to unusually cold winter in Europe —

An enormous volcanic eruption on Iceland in 1783-84 did not cause an extreme summer heat wave in Europe. But, as Benjamin Franklin speculated,...
Ancient ‘fireside chats’ created the basics of human society

Ancient ‘fireside chats’ created the basics of human society

Man learned to use fire at least 400,000 years ago. Fire functioned as a tool and extended the time that people remained awake. Fire...

Research: Study finds the pest in 29 percent of surveyed apartments —

Poor home sanitation and residents' tolerance regarding German cockroaches were a good predictor of the pest's presence in their apartments, according to a...

Research: From vibrations alone, acacia ants can tell nibbles from the wind —

Acacia trees are a prominent feature of the East African savannah. They're also a classic example of the long-standing and complex relationships between...

Research: Supercomputer shows ‘Chameleon Theory’ could change how we think about gravity —

Supercomputer simulations of galaxies have shown that Einstein's theory of General Relativity might not be the only way to explain how gravity works...

Research: Relationship between jet stream, atmospheric blocking events —

Climate change will increase the size of stalled high-pressure weather systems called "blocking events" that have already produced some of the 21st century's...

Research: Complex interplay of genes and cultures —

An international research team, coordinated by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH) and the Eurasia Department of the...

Archaeology: Is our visual sense manipulated?

Photo: The ERC is linked to field research in different parts of the...

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