Новости за 21.09.2016

Fishhooks and lead weights were left behind by a fisherman in Ashkelon.

Using small drones, archaeologists have revealed details about an ancient cultic settlement in the Apennine Mountains of Italy.

A drone to watch the other drones?

The mental associations that people with synesthesia make between the sounds they hear, and the images those sounds conjure up, may hold clues to what causes the condition.

Gators have stayed the same for at least 8 million years, a new report says.

An excerpt from the book "Now: The Physics of Time" by Richard A. Muller.

The "love hormone" oxytocin may increase people's feelings of spirituality, a new study suggest.

One of the most frustrating issues modern parents face is how to manage children's screen time. But perhaps the official guidelines are outdated.

Holiday weight gain isn't unique to the United States: A new analysis finds that people in Germany and Japan also pack on pounds during festive seasons.

The Biomolecule Sequencer experiment aboard the International Space Station tests a DNA sequencing device called MinION. It is a commercially available device that works well on Earth but was never tested in space.

3D-printed plastic blocks can now be turned into acoustic holograms that generate 3D shapes made of sound, which could function like sonic "tractor beams," according to a new study.

The Biomolecule Sequencer experiment aboard the International Space Station tests a DNA sequencing device called MinION. It is a commercially available device that works well on Earth but was never tested in space.

The majority of people fall into one of four personality categories, a recent study from Spain finds.

The scroll carries the writing of the Hebrew Bible's Book of Leviticus. Researchers were able to successfully unravel the 1700-year-old dead sea scroll using a digital analysis called "virtual unwrapping."

The latest theory about how Ötzi was killed emerged from a three-day conference about the mummy.

The En-Gedi scroll, a text that includes part of the Book of Leviticus in the Hebrew Bible that was ravaged by fire about 1,400 years ago, is now readable, thanks to a complex digital analysis called "virtual unwrapping."

Waves rippling over a lake and distant earthquakes all cause the delicately carved Rainbow Bridge arch in Utah to vibrate, new research revealed.

About one in 13 people who tan indoors use their own tanning beds in the home, a new study finds.

Waves rippling over a lake and distant earthquakes all cause the delicately carved Rainbow Bridge arch in Utah to vibrate, new research revealed.

Men who experience excessive anxiety may be at increased risk of dying from cancer, a new study from Europe suggests.

Ancient human migrations out of Africa may have been driven by wobbles in Earth's orbit and tilt that led to dramatic swings in climate, a new study finds.

A group of humans migrating out of Africa some 40,000 to 70,000 years ago mingled with an as-yet unknown branch of humanity, three new studies have found.

An 800-year-old skeleton found in Australia has a long gash on his skull — perhaps inflicted by the sharp edge of a boomerang.

On Thursday, Sept. 22, science gets gloriously weird at the 2016 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony in Boston.

China's first-ever space lab will die a fiery death in Earth's atmosphere toward the end of next year, Chinese officials said.