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Long ago, some saltwater fish adapted to freshwater — and in doing so, developed an extraordinary sense of hearing rivaling our own. By examining a 67-million-year-old fossil, researchers from UC Berkeley discovered that these “otophysan” fish didn’t evolve their sensitive…
Researchers found that embodying a digital, childlike version of one’s own face helps unlock vivid childhood memories. This illusion strengthens the connection between bodily self-perception and autobiographical recall. The findings suggest that memory retrieval is not purely mental but deeply…
Okayama scientists have crafted a new wine grape, Muscat Shiragai, merging the wild Shiraga and Muscat of Alexandria. The variety is part of a larger collaboration between academia, industry, and local government to boost regional identity through wine. Early tastings…
The Institute of Behavioral and Decision Science (IBDS) at HKU Business School (HKUBS), in collaboration with the Hong Kong Association for Customer Service Excellence (HKACE), released a new study report focusing on employee well-being and stress intervention. The study highlights…
The road to genocide doesn’t begin with bullets and mass graves, but with more subtle violations.
The earliest form of the signature came from ancient Iraq in the form of cylinder seals.
According to data from the National Statistics Institute, 24 million school transport journeys take place in Spain every year. A team of professors from the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló has conducted a study (in Spanish) showing that the time…
Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) linguists have analyzed murals in Lithuania’s second-largest city as elements of a “linguistic landscape”—a concept that views language as both visual and spatial. Their study reveals that street art in Kaunas acts as a form…
Jerry Richardson, a Cornell university doctoral candidate in psychology, was dashing into a grocery store on his way to a dinner party when a man outside the store asked him for some food. Richardson obliged, and gave him $7 of…
The list of nations signing the Artemis Accords is growing, continuing NASA’s efforts to establish internationally cooperative space exploration.