Science X Dialog

Science X Dialog is where researchers can share news and information about their own published journal articles.
How to apply

Dialog / Evolutionary study suggests prehistoric human fossils 'hiding in plain sight' in Southeast Asia

Island Southeast Asia has one of the largest and most intriguing hominin fossil records in the world. But our new research suggests there is another prehistoric human species waiting to be discovered in this region: a group ...

Mar 24, 2021 in Biology
Dialog / Evidence of new physics at CERN? Why we're cautiously optimistic about our new findings

When CERN's gargantuan accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), fired up ten years ago, hopes abounded that new particles would soon be discovered that could help us unravel physics' deepest mysteries. Dark matter, microscopic ...

Mar 23, 2021 in Physics
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.

Mar 22, 2021 in Biology
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.

Mar 22, 2021 in Other Sciences
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 ...

Mar 17, 2021 in Astronomy & Space
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 ...

Mar 17, 2021 in Medicine & Health
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 ...

Mar 16, 2021 in Nanotechnology
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. ...

Mar 16, 2021 in Earth
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 ...

Mar 15, 2021 in Medicine & Health
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 ...

Mar 12, 2021 in Astronomy & Space
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.

Mar 11, 2021 in Biology
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, ...

Mar 3, 2021 in Biology