Guinea baboons grunt with an accent
Musical masterworks such as the Queen of the Night's Aria from Mozart's The Magic Flute, are examples of the sounds trained human voices can produce. The precondition for vocal virtuosity as well as for any spoken word is vocal learning, the ability.....»»
Hyundai drops more cars from U.S. lineup
Hyundai is cutting the Accent subcompact sedan, the Veloster N hatchback and both hybrid and plug-in hybrid variants of the Ioniq compact car for the 2023 model year......»»
Researchers describe new kangaroo fossil from Papua New Guinea
Australian paleontologists from Flinders University have described a new genus of giant fossil kangaroo from the mountains of central Papua New Guinea......»»
Pre-historic Wallacea: A melting pot of human genetic ancestries
The Wallacean islands have always been separated from Asia and Oceania by deep-sea waters. Yet, these tropical islands were a corridor for modern humans migrating into the Pleistocene Australia-New Guinea landmass (Sahul) and have been home to modern.....»»
Mosquito species from Papua New Guinea, lost for 90 years, found in Australia
There are already plenty of mosquitoes in Australia. They bring pest and public health risks to many parts of the country......»»
Hyundai to recall 281,000 North American vehicles over exploding seat belt pretensioner
The recall, which comes after three injury reports, covers some 2019-2022 Accent, 2021-2023 Elantra, and 2021-2022 Elantra hybrid vehicles......»»
Exploring how diverse social networks reduce accent judgments
Everyone has an accent. But the intelligibility of speech doesn't just depend on that accent; it also depends on the listener. Visual cues and the diversity of the listener's social network can impact their ability to understand and transcribe senten.....»»
Chemists synthesize psychotropic compound from rainforest tree
The bark of the Galbulimima belgraveana tree, found only in remote rainforests of Papua New Guinea and northern Australia, has long been used by indigenous people for both healing and ceremony. A tea brewed from the bark not only induces a dreamlike.....»»
Discovery sheds light on why Pacific islands were colonized
The discovery of pottery from the ancient Lapita culture by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) has shed new light on how Papua New Guinea (PNG) served as a launching pad for the colonization of the Pacific—one of the greatest m.....»»
US Space Command Releases Decades of Secret Military Data, Confirms Interstellar Meteor in 2014
"The U.S. Space Command announced this week that it determined a 2014 meteor hit that hit Earth was from outside the solar system," reports CBS News. "The meteor streaked across the sky off the coast of Manus Island, Papua New Guinea three years earl.....»»
Researchers identify leprosy in wild chimpanzees
An international team that includes researchers John Spencer, Ph.D., and Charlotte Avanzi, Ph.D., of the Colorado State University Mycobacteria Research Laboratories has identified leprosy in wild chimpanzees in the West African countries of Guinea-B.....»»
Harry Potter and the Secrets of Effective Taxonomy for Digital Experience
Just like Harry Potter, marketers and content strategists need to put in some grunt work before they can do fantastic things. Continue reading........»»
Upgrade your Apple arsenal with these devices and accessories on sale
Good news, bargain shoppers. You can upgrade your Apple arsenal without breaking the bank, as long as you know where to find the right deals. Lucky for you, we already did the grunt work.Here’s 10 Apple devices and accessories to upgrade your s.....»»
How baboons keep healthy family boundaries
Finding love in a small isolated place can be tough when everyone is a familiar face, or when half the dating pool is already out because they're all close relatives......»»
Early life adversity leads to more socially awkward adult female baboons
A small team of researchers from New York University, the University of California and Arizona State University has found that female baboons who experience early life adversity are more likely to be socially awkward later in life. In their paper pub.....»»
Julia Garner breaks down her unusual hybrid accent in "Inventing Anna"
Ozark actor Julia Garner dropped by The Tonight Show to demonstrate the accent she used to play the titular Anna Delvey in upcoming Netflix series Inventing Anna. Speaking to host Jimmy Fallon, Garner stated that the unconventional mix of different a.....»»
Copy or innovate? Study sheds light on chimp culture
Chimpanzees in one part of Guinea crack and eat nuts while others declined to do so even when offered tools, research published on Monday found, and the difference could shed light on their culture......»»
Android 12’s best feature is coming to Xiaomi phones
Xiaomi's custom Android interface, MIUI 13, will feature Android 12's dynamic theming that changes accent colors in the system UI with the wallpaper......»»
Loggers threaten Papua New Guinea"s unique forest creatures
In Papua New Guinea's isolated Star Mountains, Indigenous people say the tree kangaroo is king and the bird of paradise is queen. But both have a price on their heads......»»
Baboons can reproduce social conventions to problem solve: study
French researchers have observed non-human primates developing social conventions to work together to obtain a reward, in an experiment set up with a group of baboons......»»
La Niña just raised sea levels in the western Pacific by up to 20cm. This height will be normal by 2050
Severe coastal flooding inundated islands and atolls across the western equatorial Pacific last week, with widespread damage to buildings and food crops in the Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands......»»