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Ancient seas have their own T. rex: palaeontologists have described a giant mosasaurus
4+ min ago (252+ words) Paleontologists have revisited old fossils from Texas and described a new species of mosasaur, a marine reptile up to 13 metres long....
Backrooms have been labelled as a new kind of dark tourism on the internet
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (796+ words) Researchers from Lancaster University believe that Backrooms can be seen as a new kind of dark tourism. Only here people do not go to the real place of tragedy or disaster, but immerse themselves in a fictional digital space, where…...
A super-Earth has been discovered in the red dwarf Ross 318
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (661+ words) Such planets are called super-Earths. This does not mean that they are necessarily Earth-like or habitable. The term refers only to size or mass: super-Earths are heavier than our planet, but usually smaller than Neptune. Ross 318 b is interesting because…...
Main obstacle to Ukraine's EU accession talks removed - Sibiga
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (221+ words) We believe that the main political obstacle in the form of Viktor Orban's government has been removed after the elections in Hungary. And we have really reached a position where diplomacy should and can do its job," Sibiga emphasised during…...
An ancient necropolis 6, 000 years old has been found in Spain
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (571+ words) Valdelasilla was discovered in 2020 on a hill near Illescas. Archaeologists excavated not an individual grave, but an entire burial space that had been used for a long time, from the late Neolithic to the Copper Age. In the centre of…...
When parents interfere in their children's friendships, the consequences are more complicated than they seem
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (511+ words) A study of schoolchildren has shown: when children feel their mother's disapproval of a friend, such friendships are more likely to break up, but this does not always solve the problem....
Scientists have refined school knowledge of how electrons are distributed in molecules
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (334+ words) Scientists believe that the usual explanation of the inductive effect in organic chemistry does not always coincide with modern calculations....
Fatherhood changes more than just lives: what happens to men's brains
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (327+ words) MRI study shows: in the first weeks after the birth of a child, fathers' grey matter volume and connections between brain areas change....
Testosterone did not explain risk-taking propensity - a meta-analysis
1+ week, 3+ day ago (171+ words) An analysis of 52 studies involving more than 17, 000 people found no reliable link between testosterone levels and risk-taking....
Study explains hearing paradox in children with autism
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (367+ words) The study found: children with autism and speech delays were better at distinguishing pitch, but worse at picking up short pauses....