Humans

Benjamin Johnson May 28, 2018 53

The discovery of a site, which dates back 14,550 years, shows that humans settled the south-eastern United States much earlier than scientists previously believed by as much as 1,500 years. The discovery of stone tools alongside mastodon bones in a…

Benjamin Johnson May 23, 2018 20

Imagine if, many millions of years ago, dinosaurs drove cars through cities of mile-high buildings. A preposterous idea, right? Over the course of tens of millions of years, however, all of the direct evidence of a civilization — its artifacts…

Benjamin Johnson May 15, 2018 14

UTA researcher Naomi Cleghorn has participated in a Nature paper that describes how humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba volcanic eruption about 74,000 years ago, which created a decades-long volcanic winter. Cleghorn, a UTA associate professor of sociology and anthropology, said:…

Benjamin Johnson May 14, 2018 5

Evidence that humans can genetically adapt to diving has been identified for the first time in a new study. The evidence suggests that the Bajau, a people group indigenous to parts of Indonesia, have genetically enlarged spleens that enable them…

Benjamin Johnson Apr 26, 2018 23

New research by scientists shows that when cellular barriers are exposed to metal nanoparticles, cellular messengers are released that may cause damage to the DNA of developing brain cells. The discovery may have implications for the development of potential drug…

Benjamin Johnson Apr 19, 2018 9

Researchers at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have determined how satellite DNA, considered to be “junk DNA,” plays a crucial role in holding the genome together. Their findings, published recently in the… The post Scientists Discover ‘Junk’ DNA Not So Junk appeared first on Vision Times.

Benjamin Johnson Apr 11, 2018 1

New research has revealed how people’s intelligence, rather than their personality traits, leads to success. Researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Minnesota, and Heidelberg devised a series of games to find out which factors lead to cooperative behavior when people interact in social and…

Benjamin Johnson Mar 04, 2018 4

The human brain largely remains a black box. How the network of fast-moving electrical signals turns into thought, movement, and disease remains poorly understood. But it is electrical, so it can be hacked — the question is finding a precise,… The post Using Light-Powered Wires to Modulate the Brain’s Electrical Signals appeared first on Vision Times.

Benjamin Johnson Feb 08, 2018 7

There are plenty of strange facts about dreams on the Internet, but while dreams are a natural part of sleeping, it’s surprising that many things about dreams and their purpose remain unknown. Are your dreams warning you of your future,…

Benjamin Johnson Feb 05, 2018 25

New archaeological evidence indicates that Pharaoh Ramses II may not have been the Ramses the Great we all thought he was. The archaeological evidence is from an Egyptian excavation 200 miles east of the Libyan border. With these new findings,…