To make decisions in a social context, humans have to predict the behavior of others, an ability that is thought to rely on having a model of other minds known as “theory of mind.” Such a model becomes especially complex when the number of people one simultaneously…

Research from the University of Illinois and the University of California, Davis has chemists one step closer to recreating nature’s most efficient machinery for generating hydrogen gas. This new development may help clear the path for the hydrogen fuel industry…

The mystery of the role of people and climate in the fate of Australian megafauna might have been solved, in a newly published breakthrough study. ‘Megafauna’, giant […]

种植几千年大麻的中国为何没有多少人大麻上瘾？西方很多人已经将大麻视为"休闲品"之际，政府为何不解禁？中国大麻和海外大麻竟然如此不一样。 2018年，一系列有关大麻的消息在世界其它地方再度引发众议：2018年世界杯成为有史以来首届允许合法使用大麻油等大麻类药品的世界杯。加拿大参议院批准通过休闲大麻合法化法案。曾担任英国外交大臣的前保守党领袖黑格勋爵呼吁英国政府应该将"休闲性"的大麻合法化。 这些都反映出西方社会对大麻作为休闲品长期争议的一个新发展。 在西方，在音乐节，体育比赛和一些俱乐部等等娱乐场所里，常…

A new cat allergy vaccine that’s administered to cats instead of people stops felines from producing a common allergen that affects 10 percent of the Western population.

It's one of the most contentious questions in the evolution of human sexuality: why does the female orgasm exist? Historically ignored and disparaged by scientists, the role of the clitoris in sexual arousal remains cloaked in enigma, even to this day. Unlike…

冬天像往常一样随着咆哮的西伯利亚寒风降临北京。寒流呼啸着穿过胡同和环城公路，钻进你家门缝，钻进你的衣衫。那是12月初。名为“大雪”的节气已经来临，到了该下大雪的时候。 但是不会有雪，北京几乎从来不下雪。2018年的最后几天是清朗的，夜晚的点点星光刺穿了这座城市的橙色圆顶。雪并不重要。重要的是寒冷，现在，这里的人们可以搞事情了。 那是周六，南山滑雪场开张了。它是距北京一小时车程的10个滑雪场之一。滑雪场里挤满了人。在过去的四天，这里的32门雪炮一直在发射着可以乱真的蓬松晶体，工人们推着它们覆盖了几座山坡。…

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KittyBiome researchers want to study the cat microbiome to improve health and understand scent-based communication

脸书执行长扎克伯格在最新的演讲中把脸书定位为言论自由的捍卫者。他不仅提到脸书无法进军中国的原因，也大谈对于政治广告政策的想法。面临假资讯在脸书上不断流窜，脸书做得够多了吗?

In a recent study by a team of researchers at MIT, self driving cars are being programmed to identify the social personalities of other drivers in an effort to predict their future actions and drive safer on roads. It’s already been made evident that autonomous…

On the back of successful lab trials, Joshua Chou’s research team will undertake a research mission to the International Space Station. Their aim is to establish if their microgravity device can kill four of the most aggressive types of cancer – ovarian,…

A new project aims to make LibGen, which hosts 33 terabytes of scientific papers and books, much more stable. 作者：Matthew Gault 2019年12月2日 It’s hard to find free and open access to scientific material online. The latest studies and current research huddle…

This study demonstrates that a state-of-the-art neural network can provide automated scoring of motor deficits with an accuracy equivalent to that of human experts and has the potential teach us to develop more-sensitive behavioral tests.

For some, it is about bringing an end to debilitating pain or dark thoughts. For others, it is as simple as being liberated from the sinking realisation that you need a tampon – but you left them in your other handbag. When a new wave of feminist authors…

“Solid” study reveals a sophisticated ear in canines

Young children whose household received a housing voucher were admitted to the hospital fewer times and incurred lower hospital costs in the subsequent two decades than children whose households did n

Selection against bullies may have caused significant changes in the way our species looks