Wolves are returning to European farmland – but they're not motivated by a taste for sheep

Wolves killing livestock are seizing an opportunity for a meal in a landscape with little natural prey.

Peter Sunde, Professor of Applied Wildlife Ecology, Aarhus University • conversation
Feb. 22, 2022 ~7 min

A revolution in learning

Historian Tanalís Padilla’s new book about activist rural schools in Mexico highlights long-running tensions in the nation’s politics.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 21, 2022 ~8 min


Humans might have arrived in Europe earlier than we thought

New research that indicates humans may have arrived in Europe much earlier than previously thought also raises some intriguing questions.

Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook • futurity
Feb. 11, 2022 ~6 min

Your sense of privacy evolved over millennia – that puts you at risk today but could improve technology tomorrow

You have a finely honed sense of privacy in the physical world. But the sights and sounds you encounter online don’t help you detect risks and can even lull you into a false sense of security.

Alessandro Acquisti, Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University • conversation
Feb. 11, 2022 ~8 min

New research suggests modern humans lived in Europe 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, in Neanderthal territories

Stone artifacts and a fossil tooth point to Homo sapiens living at Grotte Mandrin 54,000 years ago, at a time when Neanderthals were still living in Europe.

Laure Metz, Archaeologist at Aix-Marseille Université and Affiliated Researcher in Anthropology, University of Connecticut • conversation
Feb. 9, 2022 ~9 min

Cambridge awarded €1.9m to stop AI undermining ‘core human values’

Work at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence will aim to prevent the embedding of existing inequalities – from gender to class and race – in

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 9, 2022 ~4 min

Record-breaking rapid DNA sequencing promises timely diagnosis for thousands of rare disease cases

Record-breaking technology can sequence an entire human genome in a matter of hours. The work could be a lifeline for people suffering from the more than 5,000 known rare genetic diseases.

Kevin Doxzen, Postdoctoral Fellow in Precision Medicine and Emerging Biotechnologies, Arizona State University • conversation
Feb. 3, 2022 ~8 min

Killer whales taking food from fishing lines reveal something intriguing about human evolution

To a group of hungry killer whales, a longline fishing boat looks like an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Luke Rendell, MASTS Lecturer in Biology, University of St Andrews • conversation
Feb. 2, 2022 ~6 min


Some cancers are preventable with a vaccine – a virologist explains

Some cancers are actually caused by viruses that linger for long periods in the body, or cause physical damage that later turns cancerous.

Ronald C. Desrosiers, Professor of Pathology, Vice-chair for Research, University of Miami • conversation
Feb. 1, 2022 ~7 min

Youth largely underestimate the risks of contracting STIs through oral sex, a new study finds

Oral sex is common among young people. Protection from STIs is not.

N'dea Moore-Petinak, PhD Candidate in Health Services Organization & Policy, University of Michigan Medical School • conversation
Jan. 27, 2022 ~5 min

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