Science X Dialog
Science X Dialog is where researchers can share news and information about their own published journal articles.
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Dialog / When our evolutionary ancestors first crawled onto land, their brains only half-filled their skulls
Most of us would recognize a human brain, but what about the brain of a frog or fish? Given the vast diversity of life on Earth, there are some weird and wonderful brains out there.
Dialog / Ancient undersea middens offer clues about life before rising seas engulfed the coast
The world's oceans hold their secrets close, including clues about how people lived tens of thousands of years ago.
Dialog / Meteorite hunters: How we found the first bit of UK space rock in over 30 years
Wednesday 3 March started just like every other day in 2021. We were working from home. But by mid-afternoon, our colleague Luke had told us to pack our bags and fill our petrol tanks, just in case we got the OK to go on ...
Dialog / Rote intercessory prayer does not increase longevity (probably)
Studying the efficacy of prayer is a sensitive topic: Depending on where you come from, you can either consider it offensive even to try to apply a scientific method to a spiritual process, or you can believe it is a waste ...
Dialog / Researchers obtain new valuable insights on nanoscale friction via AI-based predictive model
Friction has been an ever-lasting research problem, ever since the fundamental experimental observations of Leonardo Da Vinci, through the empirical laws postulated by Amontons and Couloumb and until today, when we still ...
Dialog / Ancient leaves preserved under a mile of Greenland's ice hold lessons about climate change
In 1963, inside a covert U.S. military base in northern Greenland, a team of scientists began drilling down through the Greenland ice sheet. Piece by piece, they extracted an ice core 4 inches across and nearly a mile long. ...
Dialog / Dietary phenolic compounds have an impact on noncommunicable diseases
Recently, novel dietary approaches have been developed which aim to preserve health and prevent noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. An extensive body of scientific ...
Dialog / How can some planets be hotter than stars? We've started to unravel the mystery
Until the early 2000s, the only known planets were located in our own neighborhood, the Solar System. They broadly form two categories: the small rocky planets in the inner Solar System and the cold gaseous planets located ...
Dialog / Scientists used 'fake news' to stop predators from killing endangered birds—and the result was remarkable
Animals, including humans, depend on accurate information to navigate the world. But we can easily succumb to deliberate misinformation or "fake news," fooling us into making a poor choice.
Dialog / Cats don't avoid strangers who behave badly toward their owners, unlike dogs
There's an old stereotype about the difference between cats and dogs. Dogs are loving and fiercely loyal, they say, while cats are aloof and indifferent. Most cat people probably disagree—I certainly find it hard to believe, ...
Dialog / Lab-grown 'mini brains' suggest one mutation might have rewired the human mind
How we humans became what we are today is a question that scientists have been trying to answer for a long time. How did we evolve such advanced cognitive abilities, giving rise to complex language, poetry and rocket science? ...
Dialog / Rethinking 'one appointment, one problem' for diabetes patients
I spent the majority of my life in the United States before relocating to the United Kingdom (UK) a few years ago. I quickly noticed the difference in primary healthcare structure. Healthcare in the U.K. is provided by the ...