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An amateur metal detectorist hit pay dirt in Norway, finding a collection of 1,500-year-old gold jewelry.

While many musical themes are universally recognized, love songs are an exception. The study involved playing music snippets to over 5,000 participants from 49 countries, asking them to classify each as dance, lullaby, h...

Researchers designed a "brainless" soft robot that can autonomously navigate through complex environments using physical intelligence. Unlike their previous model, which could only turn upon encountering obstacles, this ...

A collaborative study reveals how sexual behavior changes with age. Surveying over 5,000 participants during the 2022 mpox outbreak, the study showed that gay and bisexual men over 70 continue to have multiple partners, ...

Between 1.5 and 2°C of global warming will lead to heatwaves so extreme that healthy people can't survive outdoors for long, in areas where people aren't used to extreme heat

These human remains may hint at the collapse of the 'magnificent' city of Ayanis.

Renewable power was already rapidly replacing fossil fuels as the cheapest source of electricity. Thanks to rocketing fuel prices last year, it is now the clear winner when it comes to cost-effectiveness. For decades, so...

Food brands owned by tobacco companies have actively disseminated hyperpalatable foods, loaded with salts, fats, and sugars, to American consumers. Researchers say these foods provide an enhanced eating experience that's...

A recent study suggests that a favorite Disney princess can positively influence young children's body confidence and diversify their play. The research classified princesses by body type, noting that kids who favored "a...

The five asteroids range from plane to bus-size, and one is expected to come to within half a million miles of Earth.

The muscle hormone irisin, elevated during exercise, may aid in battling Alzheimer's disease (AD). Using advanced 3D cell models of AD, the research demonstrates that irisin treatment drastically reduces amyloid beta pat...

Children between the ages of 4 months and 2 years seem more likely to have antibodies that attack insulin-producing cells, a feature of type 1 diabetes, if they have had covid-19, which may show how viral infections can ...

Researchers delved deep into the mysteries of synchronization in complex systems, uncovering how certain elements effortlessly fall into or out of sync. This dance of coordination can be observed from humans clapping in ...

Visualization abilities range from hyperphantasia, where individuals can create vivid mental images, to aphantasia, where people experience a complete absence of visual imagery. A study assessed the link between percepti...

A new study traces the birth of a tectonic plate.

It is possible to image an object with an induced coherence effect by making use of photon pairs to gain information on the item of interest--without detecting the light probing it. While one photon illuminates the objec...

Researchers delve into the Artemisia annua plant, known as Sweet Annie, to uncover the medicinal potential of its compounds. By studying Arteannuin B, a compound within the plant, they are seeking to understand its bioac...

Legend has it that "rainbow cups" are drops of gold that fall to Earth at the end of a rainbow.

The success of the Indian Space Research Organisation mission to the moon places India as a capable up-and-comer in the space industry, and may inspire other nations with relatively new space agencies to follow suit

Using NSAIDs and hormonal birth control together increased the overall risk of blood clots in women in the study, but the researchers stressed that the overall risk is still low.

Until recently, working out how three objects can stably orbit each other was nearly impossible, but now mathematicians have found a record number of solutions

Cannabis originated in East Asia but can now be found growing on every continent except Antarctica - thanks to human trade and cultivation