Science, Research & Natural Philosophy

‘Uncharted territory’: Dual fusion breakthrough in generating denser and safer plasma Read Full Article

The case against the "gay gene": researchers predict it's impossible to say anything meaningful about the influence of genetics on sexuality Read Full Article

First fractal molecule in nature is discovered. A natural protein that follows a mathematical pattern of self-similarity. Read Full Article

Attorneys who are considered more physically attractive are more likely to win their cases and receive favorable votes from judges, according to new research. This advantage holds even when taking into account other important factors like race or the attorney’s experience. Read Full Article

The approach is unusual: researchers injected healthy liver cells from a donor into a lymph node in the upper abdomen of the person with liver failure. The idea is that in several months, the cells will multiply and take over the lymph node to form a structure that can perform the blood-filtering duties of the person’s failing liver. Read Full Article

New research, provides evidence that biracial people are viewed more positively than their monoracial counterparts, potentially due to the historical and genetic implications of their ancestry. Read Full Article

Computational limits to the legibility of the imaged human brain Study shows that sex can be determined from brain morphology 99.7% of the time Read Full Article

Different types of chord progressions elicited distinct emotions. Certain chord progressions sparked sensations in the heart while others were felt more in the stomach. More predictable chord progressions brought on feelings of calmness, relief, satisfaction, nostalgia, and empathy. Read Full Article

NASA engineers discover why Voyager 1 is sending a stream of gibberish from outside our solar system Read Full Article

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2013826 Dark energy might not be constant after all First results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument offer hints of new physics.