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When it comes to public attitudes toward using self-driving cars, understanding how the vehicles work is important – but so are less obvious characteristics like…

Unlike animals in the wild, animals in zoos are not limited by food shortages or predators, allowing individuals to live much longer than they would…

A new study from UBC Okanagan says students appear to be using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) responsibly, and as a way to speed up tasks,…

Does our ability to enjoy music have a biological basis? A genetic twin study shows that music enjoyment is partly heritable. Scientists uncovered genetic factors…

When deciding whom to trust, people are more likely to choose individuals who grew up with less money over those who went to private schools…

The simple act of looking at a piece of visual art can boost your wellbeing, a new research study has found, and this benefit can…

Scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered, living tropical tree species. The unprecedented find was made in Brunei, a country on the large island…

Researchers examined teeth and skulls of 99 extinct crocodylomorph species and 20 living crocodylian species to reconstruct their dietary ecology and identify characteristics that helped…

The Arctic landscape during the Cretaceous Period may have been dominated by the dinosaurs, but the rivers and streams held something more familiar. Alaska’s fresh…

New research led by the University of Sydney adds to our understanding of how rapidly rising sea levels due to climate change foreshadow the end…

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have analysed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it…

Scientists have found that X-Ray scanning reveals secrets of fossil formation without disturbing the decay of buried carcasses. A new study published in Palaeontology has confirmed that…