Men with 'toxic masculinity' are more likely to make sexual advances without consent, study finds (phys.org)
A team of researchers, including Binghamton psychology professor Richard Mattson and graduate student Michael Shaw asked men between the ages of 18–25 to respond to hypothetical sexual hookup situations in which a woman responds passively to a sexual advance, meaning the woman does not express any overt verbal or behavioral...
Dataset confirms that a vegan diet is dramatically better across a range of environmental measures (phys.org)
Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated (phys.org)
New evidence found for Planet 9 (phys.org)
Challenging prehistoric gender roles: Research finds that women were hunters, too (phys.org)
Investigators are being sent to US research base on Antarctica to look into sexual violence concerns (phys.org)
Arson turns Amazon reforestation project to ashes (phys.org)
Scientists regenerate neurons that restore walking in mice after paralysis from spinal cord injury (phys.org)
Scientists regenerate neurons that restore walking in mice after paralysis from spinal cord injury::In a new study in mice, a team of researchers from UCLA, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and Harvard University have uncovered a crucial component for restoring functional activity after spinal cord injury. The...
Using AI, researchers identify a new class of antibiotic candidates that can kill a drug-resistant bacterium (phys.org)
Slight male navigational advantage likely due to cultural differences, researchers find (phys.org)
A team of psychologists, social scientists, philosophers and evolutionary researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S. has found evidence suggesting that the slight advantage males have in navigation ability is likely due to differences in the ways male and female children are raised....
CRISPR-edited trees reduce the energy and water required to make paper (phys.org)
Does hosting the Olympics, the World Cup or other major sports events really pay off? (phys.org)
After a long battle, Paris’s beloved bouquinistes will be staying put this summer. The decision, announced on 13 February by the French government, came after considerable public backlash to the police prefecture’s original plan to move part of the iconic Seine booksellers elsewhere for the inauguration of the Olympics Games...
Researchers find lower grades given to students with surnames that come later in alphabetical order (phys.org)
As graders go on grading, their comments become more frustrated and their good-will becomes much sloppier. At least that's the hypothesis to explain this. Researchers found the reverse effect on graders who sorted in reverse-alphabetical order.
No climate crisis agreement at G20 environment meeting (phys.org)
One of 2023's most extreme heat waves is happening in the middle of winter (phys.org)
Temperatures in parts of Chile and northern Argentina have soared to 10°C–20°C above average over the last few days. Towns in the Andes mountains have reached 38°C or more, while Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, saw temperatures above 30°C—breaking its previous August record by more than 5°C. Temperatures peaked at...
New study definitively confirms gulf stream weakening (phys.org)
Top science publisher withdraws flawed climate study used by Climate Deniers (phys.org)
New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like (phys.org)
New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like::Neptune is fondly known for being a rich blue, and Uranus green—but a new study has revealed that the two ice giants are actually far closer in color than typically thought.
New research puts age of universe at 26.7 billion years, nearly twice as old as previously believed (phys.org)
New research puts age of universe at 26.7 billion years, nearly twice as old as previously believed::Our universe could be twice as old as current estimates, according to a new study that challenges the dominant cosmological model and sheds new light on the so-called “impossible early galaxy problem.”
Long presumed to have no heads at all, starfish may be nothing but (phys.org)
New research puts age of universe at 26.7 billion years, nearly twice as old as previously believed (phys.org)
First-ever sighting of a live newborn great white may help solve longstanding mystery in shark science (phys.org)
Great whites, the largest predatory sharks in the world with the most fatal attacks on humans, are tough to imagine as newborn babies. That is partially because no one has seen one in the wild, it seems, until now....