Science and Technolgy blog
Jeep provided a night in a hotel so Ars could attend the Wagoneer S first drive. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. This year marks the return of the Jeep Wagoneer, which formerly served as a more luxurious version…
Exposure to low temperatures for prolonged spells can trigger an array of different health conditions, some of which may be life-threatening.
Humans have become a geologic force by cooking the planet — using fire on a scale that is altering land, water, air and ecosystems.
Despite the health claims surrounding alkaline water, scientific evidence suggests its purported benefits may be overhyped.
Because we haven’t found anything yet, we’ve started to wonder if dark matter might be lighter or heavier than we thought.
A study conducted in Turkey provided evidence that niceness can be considered a distinct psychological trait within the Turkish population. Niceness was found to be negatively associated with depressive symptoms and positively associated with subjective happiness—i.e., nice people tend to…
A study published in Journal of Personality & Social Psychology examined how dominance and prestige influence social standing across men and women over time. The dominance-prestige framework, widely studied in social and evolutionary psychology, identifies dominance (assertiveness and control) and…
Antarctica is melting, and crucial details are beginning to come into focus of exactly how it’s happening.
An ultra-deep image from the National Science Foundation’s Dark Energy Camera reveals a wide variety of galaxies in the unusual Antlia Cluster.
Does gaining weight make people less happy? According to new research published in the International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, the answer is generally no. Using a decade’s worth of data, a researcher in Germany found that weight gain does…
