Violent disputes between neighbors and a king named “Bat.” These and other new details about a recently rediscovered, ancient Maya city located in the remote tropical forests of southeast Mexico are beginning to come to light. The approximately 37-acre settlement is so inaccessible that archaeologists initially nicknamed the site Minanbé, or “there is no road” in Yucatec Maya. Despite a challenging journey to the site, researchers have identified multiple building remnants dating back at least 1,100 years. Historical records also indicate heated regional conflicts, and even a local chieftain’s animal-inspired name. The Mayan Late Classic community was only discovered in…
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Can gender-inclusive language weaken the deeply ingrained stereotype that a political leader is a man? A recent international study, conducted in 42 countries and involving researchers from SWPS University, shows that introducing such forms into language has little impact on how the public perceives political leaders.
The deal comes a few weeks after Oura postponed its up to $2.2 billion IPO indefinitely, citing “uncertainty in the IPO market.”
Astronomers have uncovered the elongated shape and unexpectedly warm surface of Comet Encke’s nucleus, revealing new details about a celestial object whose changing orbit has puzzled scientists for nearly two centuries. A 7-Kilometer Nucleus Hidden Beneath a Cloud of Gas and Dust For generations, Comet 2P/Encke has been known for its unusually short journey around the Sun. Completing an orbit approximately every 3.3 years, it regularly returns to the inner solar system, releasing gas and dust as solar radiation heats its surface. Yet the solid nucleus responsible for this activity has remained difficult to examine. Now, researchers from the University…
Could a virus that infected chimpanzees millions of years ago help explain how the human brain became different? Researchers at Lund University have discovered that ancient viral DNA embedded in the chimpanzee genome silences a gene involved in early human brain development. Their study, published in Science Advances, found that the gene, LINC00662, remains active […]
PSI used an unreleased Anthropic model to answer a fundamental question about quantum computing that scientists have pursued for nearly two decades.
Almost two in three respondents surveyed in Australia’s remote First Nations communities did not have working free-to-air television, a study has found.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping research, economies, and everyday life at a remarkable speed. In this interview accompanying the new AI100 report, Iyad Rahwan reflects on the rise of generative AI, the growing concentration of AI power, and the challenges facing societies worldwide. He also explains why Europe must seize this “Sputnik moment” and why he remains optimistic about AI’s potential to accelerate scientific discovery.
The Danish town of Svendborg was once home to a Franciscan monastery. As at other monasteries in Denmark, it was considered highly prestigious to be buried as close to the monastery church as possible, preferably inside the church itself, for instance near the chapter house or along the cloister.
Newton accused Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, another mathematical giant of the time, of stealing the concept of infinitesimals. Here’s the real story