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The language brain regions were more coordinated in left-handers between the two sides of the brain (in green and orange) and were also connected by the white matter tracts influenced by one genetic region related to handedness (in blue). Image credit: Gwenaëlle Douaud, University of Oxford.

Scientists Identify Four Genetic Regions Associated with Left-Handedness

Sep 11, 2019 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the University of Oxford has identified four regions of the human genome associated with left-handedness in the general population...

Hoaxed photo of the Loch Ness ‘monster’ from April 21, 1934.

Scientists Find Significant Amount of Eel DNA in Loch Ness

Sep 10, 2019 by News Staff

An international team of researchers has announced the results of investigations into the environmental DNA (eDNA) present in Loch Ness, a large freshwater...

This Hubble image reveals an ancient, glimmering ball of stars called NGC 1466. It is a globular cluster that is slowly moving through space on the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud. NGC 1466 has a mass equivalent to roughly 140,000 Suns and an age of around 13.1 billion years, making it almost as old as the Universe itself. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Observes Five Aging Star Clusters in Large Magellanic Cloud

Sep 10, 2019 by News Staff

A team of astronomers from Italy and Germany has used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to observe five aging star clusters — all born at about...

To confirm the presence of non-Abelian gauge fields, Yang et al produced interference patterns (top) and a Wilson loop (bottom). Image credit: Yang et al, doi: 10.1126/science.aay3183.

Non-Abelian Gauge Fields Directly Observed for First Time

Sep 10, 2019 by News Staff

After decades of unsuccessful attempts, physicists have directly observed an exotic physical phenomenon called the non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm effect. The...

Coffee consumption is associated with low risk of symptomatic gallstone disease. Image credit: Nordestgaard et al, doi: 10.1111/joim.12970.

Higher Coffee Consumption May Protect against Gallstone Disease

Sep 10, 2019 by News Staff

Higher coffee intake may help reduce the risk of symptomatic gallstone disease, according to a University of Copenhagen-led study. Coffee consumption is...

Mathematicians Solve Sum-of-Three-Cubes Problem for Number 42

Sep 9, 2019 by News Staff

University of Bristol’s Professor Andrew Booker and MIT Professor Andrew Sutherland have found a solution to x3 + y3 + z3 = 42, the famous 65-year-old...

An artist’s reconstruction of the gateway and drain at the ancient city of Harappa. Image credit: Chris Sloan.

Researchers Sequence Genome of Ancient Harappan Woman

Sep 9, 2019 by News Staff

A multinational team of scientists has sequenced the first genome of an individual from the Harappan Civilization. The genome, which belongs to a woman...

In a population-based study, young children with severe (at ages 5 and 16 years) and externalizing (at ages 5 and 10 years) behavioral problems were associated with elevated risk of reporting insomnia symptoms in middle adulthood. Image credit: B.A.

Study Reveals Link between Childhood Behavioral Problems and Insomnia Later in Life

Sep 9, 2019 by News Staff

A new study has demonstrated an association of early-life behavioral problems, particularly early- and middle-childhood externalizing problems (restlessness,...

This Hubble image shows the dwarf galaxy UGC 695. The picture is made up of observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in the infrared and optical parts of the spectrum. Three filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / D. Calzetti.

Hubble Observes Isolated Dwarf Galaxy UGC 695

Sep 9, 2019 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a beautiful picture of a galaxy called UGC 695. This Hubble image shows the dwarf galaxy UGC 695. The picture...

Scanning electron microscopy image (colorized) showing edscottite in the polished Wedderburn section from the UCLA Meteorite Collection. Image credit: Ma & Rubin, doi: 10.2138/am-2019-7102.

Edscottite: Mineral ‘Never Seen in Nature’ Discovered inside Meteorite

Sep 7, 2019 by Sergio Prostak

A meteorite found in Australia — called the Wedderburn iron meteorite because of where it was found — contains edscottite, an iron-carbide...

Listening gray squirrel. Image credit: Emma C. Lucore / Marie V. Lilly.

Eavesdropping Squirrels: Bird Chatter Acts as Signal for Safety

Sep 6, 2019 by Shelby Traynor

For the small mammals foraging on the forest floor, reading your environment is essential to survival. When a hawk calls, a gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)...

$Mathematicians often describe arguments as beautiful or dull, and famous scientists have claimed that mathematical beauty is a guide toward the truth. Do laypeople, like mathematicians and scientists, experience mathematics aesthetically? Three studies by Johnson & Steinerberger suggest that they do. Image credit: Gerd Altmann.$

Ordinary People Can See Beauty in Complex Math, New Research Reveals

Sep 6, 2019 by News Staff

According to a series of experiments by Yale University and University of Bath researchers, ordinary people see beauty in complex mathematical arguments...

Life reconstruction of Kamuysaurus japonicus with a carcass of a mosasaur (Phosphorosaurus ponpetelegans), a sea turtle (Mesodermochelys undulates), and shells of ammonoids (Patagiosites compressus and Gaudryceras hobetsense) and bivalves (Nannonavis elongatus) on the beach. Image credit: Kobayashi et al, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48607-1.

New Duck-Billed Dinosaur Unveiled: Kamuysaurus japonicus

Sep 6, 2019 by Natali Anderson

A new genus and species of hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur has been identified from bones discovered six years ago in Japan. Life reconstruction of...

The modified cephalic vascular network provides the blue-banded sea snake (Hydrophis cyanocinctus) with a complementary supply of oxygen to the brain during submersion. Image credit: Alessandro Palci, Flinders University.

Blue-Banded Sea Snake Uses Unusual Network of Large Blood Vessels in Its Head to ‘Breathe’

Sep 6, 2019 by News Staff

The blue-banded sea snake (Hydrophis cyanocinctus) uses a complex system of large blood vessels in its head to draw in extra oxygen when it dives and swims...

This visible-light image of NGC 6946 comes from the Digital Sky Survey, and is overlaid with data from NASA’s NuSTAR observatory (in blue and green). ULX-4 is the green blob near the bottom of the galaxy. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

NuSTAR Spots Mysterious Source of Ultraluminous X-Rays in Nearby Spiral Galaxy

Sep 5, 2019 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) have found a remarkable source of X-rays in NGC 6946, a spiral galaxy located...

A reconstruction of a Neanderthal man. Image credit: Neanderthal Museum.

Denisovan Fingers are Indistinguishable from Those of Modern Humans, Researchers Say

Sep 5, 2019 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of scientists from Canada and Europe has identified the missing part of a fifth finger bone from the Denisova Cave, revealing that...

A graphic thermal image of a T. rex with its dorsotemporal fenestra glowing on the skull. Image credit: Brian Engh.

Tyrannosaurus rex Had ‘Thermostat’ in Its Head

Sep 5, 2019 by News Staff

Tyrannosaurus rex, a species of carnivorous dinosaur that lived about 68 million years ago, had an internal thermostat in its head, according to a study...

This infrared image taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows a spiral galaxy called Messier 81. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Spitzer Snaps Beautiful Image of Messier 81

Sep 5, 2019 by News Staff

NASA has released a stunning infrared image snapped by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope of the spiral galaxy Messier 81. This infrared image taken by NASA’s...

Left: structural differences in three dog breeds. Right: composite scan from 33 breeds displaying areas that vary the most. Image credit: Hecht et al, doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0303-19.2019.

Selective Breeding Altered Brain Anatomy in Dogs, Study Says

Sep 5, 2019 by News Staff

A new study published in the JNeurosci shows that through selective breeding, humans have significantly altered the brains of different lineages of domestic...