Traces of ancient immigration patterns to Japan found in 2,000-year-old genome
A joint research group led by Jonghyun Kim and Jun Ohashi of the University of Tokyo has demonstrated that the majority of ...
No country still uses an electoral college—except the US
The United States is the only democracy in the world where a presidential candidate can get the most popular votes and still ...
More must be done in Ghana to stop households from using firewood, say researchers
Cooking on firewood and coal increases air pollution and ill health. Some of the dangers include stunted growth in children ...
Transparency and trust: How news consumers in Canada want AI to be used in journalism
When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) and news production, Canadian news consumers want to know when, how and why AI ...
Invasive seaweed may better adapt to changes than native species in Hawaii waters
If you traverse some of Hawaiʻi's shorelines (specifically Oʻahu's south and east shores, parts of Maui and Hilo) and notice ...
Q&A: Devastating hurricanes don't dramatically change how people vote, but it can matter in a close election
North Carolina and Florida are changing administrative rules and, in some cases, issuing emergency funding that is intended ...
Millions of new discoveries are published every year, but this explosive research growth wasn't what experts predicted
Millions of scientific papers are published globally every year. These papers in science, technology, engineering, ...
Archaeologists discover Armenia's oldest church
Archaeologists from the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia and the University of Münster have discovered the remains of ...
When AI plays favorites: How algorithmic bias shapes the hiring process
A public interest group filed a U.S. federal complaint against artificial intelligence hiring tool, HireVue, in 2019 for ...
Car sharing and second-hand phones not as green as they seem, research shows
Not all sustainable business models have the impact they claim, Leiden researcher Levon Amatuni revealed. Car sharing and ...
Asteroid-sample return mission enables researchers to conduct largest geophysical observation campaign of its kind
The OSIRIS-REx project made history last year as the first U.S. mission to bring back an asteroid sample from space—and with ...
Ant–plant symbiosis study finds climate change may be destabilizing mutualistic relationships
A new North Carolina State University study finds that climate change could be destabilizing the mutualistic relationships ...