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We used to have six more letters in the English alphabet
There was once a letter for the throaty sound you find in "Bach" and the Scottish "loch."
Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Future’
Ford and other companies say the industry overestimated the arrival of autonomous vehicles, which still struggle to anticipate what other drivers and pedestrians will do.
Autism: The Truth is (not) Out There
Parents of a child affected by autism naturally want to know the cause. Autism can dramatically disrupt the typical childhood p...
The battle to rebuild centuries of science after an epic inferno
Nearly a year after flames consumed Brazil’s National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, researchers are struggling to revive their work and resume their lives.
Majority of autism risk resides in genes, multinational study suggests
About 81 percent of autism risk comes from inherited genetic factors, according to an analysis of more than 2 million children from five countries.
Iceland tries to bring back trees razed by the Vikings
Before being colonised by the Vikings, Iceland was lush with forests but the fearsome warriors razed everything to the ground and the nation is now struggling to reforest the island.
The Economist Who Would Fix the American Dream
No one has done more to dispel the myth of social mobility than Raj Chetty. But he has a plan to make equality of opportunity a reality.
Mental health statistics: suicide
Suicide remains the most common cause of death for men aged 20-49 in the UK.
Buzz off: breakthrough technique eradicates mosquitoes
A breakthrough technique harnessing two methods to target disease-carrying mosquitoes was able to effectively eradicate buzzing biters in two test sites in China, according to research published on Thursday. The mosquitoes targeted are a type that...
People Seek Out a Certain Kind of Person When They Are Happy
Your mood might have a big influence on the type of companionship you want.
A Prosperous China Says ‘Men Preferred,’ and Women Lose
Gender is now one of the most important factors behind income inequality in China, where workplace discrimination and court rulings have set women back.
Population genomics of the Viking world
The Viking maritime expansion from Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) marks one of the swiftest and most far-flung cultural transformations in global history. During this time (c. 750 to 1050 CE), the Vikings reached most of western Eurasia,...
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Nybble - World's Cutest Open Source Robotic Kitten
Nybble makes programming and robotics fun to learn and understand, all in one cute package! | Check out 'Nybble - World's Cutest Open Source Robotic Kitten' on Indiegogo.
Where is all the bad cave art?
Stone Age cave art can be beautiful. But was everyone back then so talented? It turns out they weren't, as there are countless examples of bad cave art.
Genomic signatures of seed mass adaptation to global precipitation gradients in sorghum
Genomic signatures of seed mass adaptation to global precipitation gradients in sorghum
Ebola outbreak declared public health emergency
The disease has killed more than 1,600 people in the African state of DR Congo.
Growing share of Republicans say U.S. risks losing its identity if it is too open to foreigners
Today, 57% of Republicans say that if the U.S. is too open to people from around the world, “we risk losing our identity as a nation.”
A type of antibiotics can cause hearing loss - and now we know why
Aminoglycoside antibiotics can save lives, but the drugs can also cause hearing loss because of the toxic effect they have on sensory cells in the ear
Genome-wide DNA methylation and gene expression patterns reflect genetic ancestry and environmental differences across the Indonesian archipelago
Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country, host to striking levels of human diversity, regional patterns of admixture, and varying degrees of introgression from both Neanderthals and Denisovans. However, it has been largely excluded from...