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A team of researchers, led by Georgetown neuroscientists, have documented a link between spatial and verbal reasoning by scanning students' brains while taking a course that emphasized spatial learning.

By comparing geographic patterns of nonhuman primate biodiversity and human land-use, researchers discovered that areas managed or controlled by Indigenous peoples tend to have significantly more primate biodiversity than nearby regions. They also found that lorises, tarsiers, monkeys and apes whose territories overlap with Indigenous areas are less likely to be classified as vulnerable, threatened or endangered than those living fully outside Indigenous lands.

By studying the wing properties of a 150-year-old holotype, scientists discover that the songs of a relict group of singing insects have remained largely unchanged since the Jurassic, producing pure-tone songs at low frequencies (about 5kHz) which could travel larger distances, advancing our understanding of ancient soundscapes

By studying the wing properties of a 150-year-old holotype, scientists discover that the songs of a relict group of singing insects have remained largely unchanged since the Jurassic, producing pure-tone songs at low frequencies (about 5kHz) which could travel larger distances, advancing our understanding of ancient soundscapes

Zoo gorillas have developed a new call to get attention (and food!) from their human keepers

Nature reserves may sequester significantly more carbon than high-input agricultural lands, according to comparison of Ohio sites

An analysis of scholarly research papers published in the last 50 years provides new insights into trends in research productivity, highlighting an overall increase in productivity and a worldwide gender gap. Milad Haghani of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on August 10, 2022.

The number of privately insured adults in the United States prescribed opioid medications for cancer pain and for chronic non-cancer pain declined between 2012 and 2019, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Sachini Bandara and Emma McGinty of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Mark Bicket of the University of Michigan.

Racial and ethnic minorities bore a disproportionate mental health burden during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andrew Chan of Harvard Medical School, Tim Spector of Kings College London, and colleagues.

The cascading effects of extreme weather – such as recent heatwaves which combine heat and drought – and the interconnectedness of critical services and sectors has the potential to destabilize entire socioeconomic systems, according to a study published in PLOS Climate by Laura Niggli at University of Zurich, Switzerland and colleagues.