Celibacy: Its surprising evolutionary advantages
Why would someone join an institution that removed the option of family life and required them to be celibate? Reproduction, after all, is at the very heart of the evolution that shaped us. Yet many religious institutions around the world require exa.....»»
A study discovers a surprising relationship between the teeth and the evolution of pregnancy
Humans have the highest prenatal growth rate of all extant primates, but how this exceptional rate came about has been a mystery up to now. Leslea Hlusko, a scientist at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), has p.....»»
Scientists find a surprising answer to the future of computers — paper
In order to limit electronic waste, researchers have come up with a new idea: using paper to make electronics......»»
Examining COVID"s impact on home-court advantages
The decision to play the 2020–21 college basketball season was a jump ball for NCAA officials, who agonizingly debated what to do......»»
The surprising thermal properties of cellulose nanofibers
Plant-derived materials such as cellulose often exhibit thermally insulating properties. A new material made from nanoscale cellulose fibers shows the reverse, high thermal conductivity. This makes it useful in areas previously dominated by synthetic.....»»
Don’t miss these eye-catching indies from Day of the Devs’ anniversary stream
Today's Day of the Devs stream brought some surprising news, like a 3D remake of one of gaming's oldest text adventure games......»»
Report says native fish overlooked as invaders in US waters
Rivers split across mountaintops and other geographic barriers may flow only a few miles from one another, but to the aquatic creatures in those waters, the separation could represent millions of years of evolutionary time. So, when an angler or a cu.....»»
Ocean microbes get their diet through a surprising mix of sources, study finds
One of the smallest and mightiest organisms on the planet is a plant-like bacterium known to marine biologists as Prochlorococcus. The green-tinted microbe measures less than a micron across, and its populations suffuse through the upper layers of th.....»»
You won’t believe how cheap this 13-inch laptop is at Walmart
The Gateway 13.3-inch Ultra Slim Notebook is a small laptop with a great budget and a surprising processor under the hood......»»
500 million year-old fossils reveal answer to evolutionary riddle
An exceptionally well-preserved collection of fossils discovered in eastern Yunnan Province, China, has enabled scientists to solve a centuries-old riddle in the evolution of life on earth, revealing what the first animals to make skeletons looked li.....»»
How to Detect a Man-Made Biothreat
The US government is funding tech to determine whether genetic alterations in a virus or pest are an evolutionary quirk—or a lab-engineered danger......»»
5 Great Android Games to Play this Halloween
Spook yourself this Halloween with these bite-sized, er, bite-filled bits of gaming goodness. The post 5 Great Android Games to Play this Halloween first appeared on Phandroid. One of the best advantages of having an Android phone is that y.....»»
Head-to-head: Intel Core i7-12700H vs. AMD Ryzen 6900HS
The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS and Intel Core i7-12700H perform similarly, all things considered. Each has its advantages, so choosing between them can be a challenge......»»
Why Do People Love Gross and Scary Things?
Going out of your way to get grossed out might seem to contradict human nature. But it serves a strong evolutionary purpose.....»»
Finding unknown processes of evolutionary history in green lizards in the Mediterranean
The evolutionary clade and biodiversity of green lizards of the genera Lacerta and Timon—reptiles common in the Mediterranean basin and surrounding areas of the European continent, North Africa and Asia—have never been studied in detail from the.....»»
Twitter going private under Musk’s ownership poses challenges, as fired execs get millions
Twitter going private under Elon Musk’s ownership does have a number of advantages for the billionaire, including fewer regulatory requirements and no need for quarterly earnings reports. But the route is not without its challenges … more… T.....»»
Tenth-gen iPad"s USB-C limited to Lightning speeds
Apple's addition of USB-C to the iPad doesn't offer all of the benefits of the port, with it limited to transfer speeds equal to the Lightning connector it replaces.A USB-C cable. The migration to USB-C from Lightning offers many advantages, such as.....»»
Research into ancient lineage of microscopic fungi upends assumptions about its genetic relationships
Mycologists tend to base their evolutionary assumptions about all fungi on the higher fungi such as mushrooms, bread molds and yeasts. But that is a mistake, according to a major recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc.....»»
macOS 13 Ventura: The Ars Technica review
A pleasantly surprising new multitasking UI and app redesigns define macOS 13. If you asked me to tell you all the most exciting things that happened to the Mac in the last two years, I'd start with hardware, not software. The tra.....»»
Science sleuths solve century-old mystery of Martian meteorite"s discovery
A toxin that makes pigs vomit is the surprising key which has unlocked the century-old mystery of the origins of a Martian meteorite, and the possible identity of the Black student who discovered it......»»
Crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid caused it to form twin tails
A few weeks ago NASA's DART mission crashed into an asteroid. Followup observations from Hubble show a surprising finding: the asteroid now has a second tail......»»