Science and Technolgy blog
Humans don’t just lie to deceive: sometimes we lie to avoid hurting others, breaking one social norm to uphold another. As robots begin to transition from tools to team members working alongside humans, scientists need to find out how these…
A 12th-century stone carving discovered in northern Germany may depict Otto of Bamberg, a bishop and missionary.
A new study published in Personal Relationships explores how perceptions of a romantic partner’s drinking habits are related to relationship satisfaction and mental health among young adults. The study finds that when young men perceive their partner as having problematic…
A new study builds on previous research into the underwater volcano’s effects on the climate.
A series of eight studies conducted in the United States found that people generally tend to overestimate their political opponents’ willingness to accept basic moral wrongs. This tendency to exaggerate the immorality of political opponents was observed not only in…
Enlarge / Loads of lava: Kasbohm with a few solidified lava flows of the Columbia River Basalts. (credit: Joshua Murray) As our climate warms beyond its historical range, scientists increasingly need to study climates deeper in the planet’s past to…
Enlarge / At the US Army’s Camp Century on the Greenland ice sheet, an Army truck equipped with a railroad wheel conversion rides on 1,300 feet of track under the snow. (credit: Robert W. Gerdel Papers, Ohio State University) In…
The Very Large Telescope in northern Chile imaged a “super-Jupiter” exoplanet called 2M1207b, precisely 20 years ago this week. This was the first direct visual confirmation of a world beyond our solar system.
In a recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery: the subjective feeling of curiosity is linked to specific brain activity, which varies according to uncertainty. Using brain imaging, the team pinpointed how certain…
Antarctica is covered by a miles-thick ice sheet, but was that always the case? And when was the coldest continent ice-free?
