Nov. 1, 2024 — Microplastics have been steadily increasing in freshwater environments for decades and are directly tied to rising global plastic production since the 1950s, according to a new ...

Anthropologists have spent decades documenting a mysterious collection of symbols etched into the Peruvian desert, depicting everything from human decapitation and domesticated animals to knife ...

The world's oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings ... link the one with the other," he told Live Science in an email. "Furthermore, several of ...

But the origins of proto-cuneiform’s emergence have been murky, and many of its symbols remain undeciphered. Researchers conducting a careful analysis of proto-cuneiform symbols were surprised ...

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the understanding and application of the properties of matter. Materials scientists study the connections between the underlying ...

Nov. 8, 2024 — Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered 'hominin' group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple ...