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Scientists reveal the most dangerous place in the history of planet Earth

100 million years ago, ferocious predators, including flying reptiles and crocodile-like hunters, made the Sahara the most dangerous place on Earth. This is according to...

How we end up ‘confined’ on YouTube

Everyone who has used the YouTube video platform has already had the feeling: The successive recommendations generated by the site's algorithm sometimes "confine" us in...

How to connect with others in the age of social distancing

Humans are social creatures. Our cerebral cortex, an area of the brain linked to social complexity, is three times larger than that of chimpanzees, the...

Earth’s core may be leaking iron

Earth’s molten core may be leaking iron, according to researchers who analyzed how iron behaves inside our planet. The boundary between the liquid iron core...

New evidence of stray dogs as possible origin of COVID-19 pandemic

In a new study, researchers found new evidence of stray dogs as a possible origin of COVID-19 pandemic. They traced coronavirus across different species and...

Companies scrambled to set up virtual workspaces. Is this the future?

In the span of a single month, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced companies and organizations of all types to have almost all of their...

Missing link in coronavirus jump from bats to humans could be pangolins, not snakes

As scientists scramble to learn more about the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, two recent studies of the virus' genome reached controversial conclusions: namely, that snakes are...

Scientists find new way to explain why economic downturns regularly occur

A professor at Duke University says that the way spilled milk spreads across the floor can explain why economic downturns regularly occur. In a paper...

Bilingualism may help protect against dementia

In a new study, researchers found that bilingualism acts as a cognitive reserve factor against dementia. They found although sick bilinguals show greater brain atrophy,...

Insulin is being sold illegally on Craigslist at lower price, new study shows

In a new study, researchers found that lifesaving insulin is frequently being sold on Craigslist for a fraction of its list price. The findings show...