Neanderthal 'skeleton' is first found in a decade
Researchers describe the first "articulated" remains of a Neanderthal to be discovered in a decade.
By Paul Rincon | Feb. 18, 2020 | bbcnews~6 mins
Tags: iraq islamic-state-group archaeology human-evolution university-of-cambridge
'Ghost' human ancestor discovered in West Africa
Mysterious archaic hominins may have interbred with early humans in West Africa, scientists say.
BBC Science News | Feb. 14, 2020 | bbcnews~2 mins
Tags: human-evolution
Young sexual minority men need more info on HPV risks
Young sexual minority men need education about the risks, symptoms, and prevention of human papillomavirus (HPV), new research shows.
Michelle Edelstein-Rutgers | Feb. 12, 2020 | futurity~4 mins
Tags: health-and-medicine human-papillomavirus-hpv lgbtq sex sexually-transmitted-diseases vaccines
Study: To slow an epidemic, focus on handwashing
Improving the rate of handwashing at just 10 major airports could significantly slow the spread of a viral disease, researchers estimate.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | Feb. 6, 2020 | mit~8 mins
Tags: research public-health civil-and-environmental-engineering disease health transportation influenza misti school-of-engineering school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences
The complex effects of colonial rule in Indonesia
Evidence links Dutch-era sugar production and greater economic activity today.
Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office | Feb. 5, 2020 | mit~8 mins
Tags: economics asia europe history research global school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences
At halfway point, SuperUROP scholars share their research results
In a lively poster session, more than 100 undergraduates discuss their yearlong research projects on everything from machine learning to political geography.
Kathryn O'Neill | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Jan. 29, 2020 | mit~9 mins
Tags: electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs school-of-engineering superurop political-science school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail aeronautical-and-astronautical-engineering chemical-engineering civil-and-environmental-engineering urban-studies-and-planning school-of-architecture-and-planning students research undergraduate classes-and-programs special-events-and-guest-speakers
Surveying the quality of life at MIT
A new survey of MIT students, faculty, and staff will inform initiatives to improve the work-life experience on campus and at Lincoln Laboratory.
Robyn Fizz | EVP Connect | Jan. 28, 2020 | mit~6 mins
Tags: community students faculty staff human-resources research provost administration urban-studies-and-planning lincoln-laboratory
Human body-on-chip platform may speed up drug development
Multiple human organ chips that quantitatively predict drug pharmacokinetics may offer alternatives to some animal tests.
Benjamin Boettner | Jan. 27, 2020 | harvard~15 mins
Tags: science-technology drug-predictions engineering human-body-on-chip organ-chip science wyss-institute-for-biologically-inspired-engineering
Tests suggest our ancestors could’ve eaten super hard food
Tests with orangutan teeth indicate that our early human ancestors could have eaten some really hard plant parts.
Talia Ogliore-WUSTL | Jan. 27, 2020 | futurity~5 mins
Tags: science-and-technology early-humans evolution food orangutans seeds teeth
Neanderthals 'dived in the ocean' for shellfish
Until now, there's been little evidence our evolutionary relatives could swim.
By Paul Rincon | Jan. 15, 2020 | bbcnews~5 mins
Tags: italy human-evolution
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