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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) America has been getting more and more dangerous for pedestrians over the past few years. It’s a trend with several contributing factors—our built environment prioritizes passenger vehicle traffic and encourages speeding, and traffic enforcement is virtually…
A recent study published in The Journal of Sex Research has found that couples who exhibit a communication pattern known as demand-withdrawal during discussions about sexual conflicts experience lower levels of relationship and sexual satisfaction. The study also found that…
A man who received a partial face transplant that included an eye can’t see out of the eye, but there is blood flow to it.
The ancient map offers a glimpse of how the Babylonians viewed the world thousands of years ago.
Researchers have found a potential link between prolonged exposure to natural sunlight and negative effects on brain health. Their study, published in Scientific Reports, indicates that spending more than two hours in the sun each day could be linked to…
The strain imparted by an earthquake can generate voltages in quartz veins that stimulate the mineralization of gold.
The future of search will include AI, but the technology will need a lot of work and trust before it changes how we access information.
A study published in Sex Roles found that parents with higher levels of benevolent sexism before the COVID-19 pandemic experienced lower parenting strain and psychological distress during subsequent lockdowns. Benevolent sexism, which idealizes women as nurturing caregivers and men as…
Enlarge / The reMarkable Paper Pro tablet. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Our main critique of Amazon’s Kindle Scribe when it launched in late 2022—and one that still mostly holds up—was that it felt like a big e-reader with writing functionality tacked…
NASA’s Perseverance rover has bagged its first hint of ancient Martians. If they existed, these creatures were small. Very small. As in, microbes. “We’re not able to say that this is a sign of life,” says Katie Stack Morgan. “But…
