Extreme heat tied to higher all-cause mortality

Extreme heat was associated with higher all-cause mortality from 2008 to 2017, according to a study…

Fast-breeding sea urchin provides new model for genetic research

Many people may not realize that the humble sea urchin is a titan when it comes…

Early urbanism found in the Amazon

More than 20 years ago, Dr. Heiko Prümers from the German Archaeological Institute and Prof. Dr.…

Palaeospondylus: Long-standing mystery of vertebrate evolution solved using powerful X-rays

The Evolutionary Morphology Laboratory led by Shigeru Kuratani at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR)…

Public police are a greedy institution

The ongoing calls from communities to defund public police, that grew louder following the police killings…

The Netherlands is not on course to achieve the SDGs

The Netherlands is not on course to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2030. In…

Where are the next zoonotic viruses lurking?

Until recently, we knew of only two percent of the possible interactions between mammals and viruses,…

Survivors of childhood trauma reveal the support needed from workplaces

Childhood trauma affects 1 in 5 adults, with around 8.5 million people aged 18 to 74…

Modeling the behavior and dynamics of microswimmers

The understanding of the clustering and movement of microswimmers has a range of applications from human…

Revisiting the history of the CPT theorem

A new review looks at an important and often overlooked aspect of physics that suggested symmetry…