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Study links working remotely to more stress, insomnia
Feb 15, 2017 (AFP)
Working outside an office may spare you from commutes and interruptions by colleagues but it also makes you more vulnerable to unpaid overtime, stress and insom...
Study: The human brain always has a backup plan
Feb 14, 2017 (UPI)
New research suggests when it comes to the physical movements of daily life, the human brain is always weighing its options and prepping for plan B. Think of th...
Chimpanzee feet allow scientists a new grasp on human foot evolution
Feb 10, 2017 (SPX)
An investigation into the evolution of human walking by looking at how chimpanzees walk on two legs is the subject of a new research paper published in the Marc...
Humans subconsciously perceive words as 'round' or 'sharp'
Feb 09, 2017 (UPI)
Humans naturally perceive words as having physical or geometric qualities. New research shows humans subconsciously perceive words as being "round" or "sharp." ...
Paleolithic people 'killed' pebbles to rid them of their symbolic power
Feb 09, 2017 (UPI)
Some 12,000 years ago, Paleolithic peoples living along the coast of what's now northwestern Italy carried pebbles from the beach to their seaside caves for use...
Baltic hunter-gatherers began farming without influence of migration
Feb 03, 2017 (SPX)
New research indicates that Baltic hunter-gatherers were not swamped by migrations of early agriculturalists from the Middle East, as was the case for the rest ...
Brain-computer interface allows completely locked-in people to communicate
Feb 01, 2017 (SPX)
A brain-computer interface that can decipher the thoughts of people who are unable to communicate could revolutionize the lives of those living with complete lo...
Study finds genetic continuity between modern East Asia people and their Stone Age relatives
Feb 01, 2017 (UPI)
Scientists have discovered high "genetic continuity" between modern East Asia populations and their Stone Age ancestors. The findings serve as a stark contrast ...
Scientists find link between brain shape and personality
Jan 26, 2017 (UPI)
Brain shape can predict personality traits and risk of mental health problems, new research suggests. An international team of scientists analyzed more than 500...
Girls less likely to associate 'brilliance' with their own gender
Jan 26, 2017 (UPI)
In a recent study, psychologists found girls as young as six failed to associate "brilliance" with their own gender. Female study participants also steered clea...
Humans, not climate change, wiped out Australian megafauna
Jan 24, 2017 (SPX)
New evidence involving the ancient poop of some of the huge and astonishing creatures that once roamed Australia indicates the primary cause of their extinction...
Study: Pueblo architects understand advanced geometry
Jan 23, 2017 (UPI)
The ancient Pueblo people of the Southwestern United States had no written language or numerical system, but the complexities of their architectural feats sugge...
Survival of many of the world's nonhuman primates is in doubt, experts report
Jan 20, 2017 (SPX)
A report in the journal Science Advances details the grim realities facing a majority of the nonhuman primates in the world - the apes, monkeys, tarsiers, lemur...
What humans and primates both know when it comes to numbers
Jan 20, 2017 (SPX)
For the past several years, Jessica Cantlon has been working to understand how humans develop the concept of numbers, from simple counting to complex mathematic...
Study explores why male baboons become domestic abusers
Jan 18, 2017 (UPI)
Why do some male baboons commit domestic abuse? Simply put: they're desperate. In any given year, most male baboons won't commit violence against females. But d...
Discovery adds rock collecting to Neanderthal's repertoire
Jan 18, 2017 (SPX)
Maybe this Neanderthal was a rock hound? An international group that includes a University of Kansas researcher has discovered a brownish piece of split limesto...
Fast and slow talkers share the same amount of information
Jan 17, 2017 (UPI)
According to new research out of Brown University, fast and slow talkers deliver information at the same rate. An analysis of 2,400 annotated telephone conversa...
Baboons produce vocalizations comparable to vowels
Jan 13, 2017 (SPX)
Baboons produce vocalizations comparable to vowels. This is what has been demonstrated by an international team coordinated by researchers from the Gipsa-Lab (C...
A research framework for tracing human migration events after 'out of Africa' origins
Jan 11, 2017 (SPX)
As more DNA sequencing data continues to become available, including extinct hominids, a new human origins study has been performed that augments a trio of infl...
Research sheds new light on high-altitude settlement in Tibet
Jan 10, 2017 (SPX)
Humans likely established permanent settlements on the high-altitude Tibetan Plateau between 13,000-7,400 years ago, according to new research published this we...
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