Why Some Girls Don't Study Math-Intensive Science

Why Some Girls Don't Study Math-Intensive Science

Though women are the majority in the life sciences and men might need outreach programs to counteract potential bias against them in the social sciences, in math-intensive fields like physics women…
CSI 430,000 B.C. - A Murder Mystery?

CSI 430,000 B.C. - A Murder Mystery?

Lethal wounds identified on a human skull may indicate one of the first cases of murder in human history, according to a new paper. The archaeological site, Sima de los Huesos in northern Spain, is…
Dogs And Humans: A 35,000 Year Partnership

Dogs And Humans: A 35,000 Year Partnership

A new genomic analysis of an ancient Taimyr wolf bone reveals that dogs and humans may have been a match far longer than previously believed. Earlier genome-based estimates have suggested that the…
What Baboons Can Teach Us About Social Media

What Baboons Can Teach Us About Social Media

“Birds of a feather flock together” is a saying that exists in a number of different languages. “Gambá cheira gambá” (opossums smell other opossums) in Brazilian Portuguese is a particularly colorful…