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What Makes Something A ‘New’ Language?
For linguists, Light Warlpiri provides a unique opportunity to study the creation of a new language — one that...
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Astrophysics: Time for an Arab Astronomy Renaissance
Islamic astronomy enjoyed a golden age from the ninth to the sixteenth century AD. Great observatories in Baghdad, Damascus,...
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Urban Heat May Warm Faraway Places
The massive amounts of heat produced by cities may be heating up rural areas 1,000 miles away, atmospheric researchers...
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Sperm Whales Adopt Disabled Dolphin
In an upcoming paper for the journal Aquatic Mammals, a pair of scientists detail a series of interactions between...
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Social Evolution: The Ritual Animal
Praying, fighting, dancing, chanting — human rituals could illuminate the growth of community and the origins of civilization.
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Men Commit More Scientific Fraud Than Women
Men are more likely than women to commit scientific fraud, a new analysis of misconduct convictions reveals. And the...
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Global Warming Is Changing Our Daily Life in the U.S.
A special panel of scientists issued a report detailing the dozens of ways how climate change is already disrupting...
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The Delights of Disgust
Disgust is the subject of numerous recent works in widely different areas of philosophy, including moral and legal philosophy,...
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Leadership Skills May Be Genetic
An international research team says it has identified a specific DNA sequence associated with leadership skills. The findings, which...
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Doomsday Clock Holds Steady at 5 Minutes to Midnight
Last year the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved its famous “Doomsday Clock” — which measures the likelihood of...