Scientists challenge a 70-year-old “lizard brain” myth

A long-standing picture of brain evolution as newer, rational layers stacked on top of an ancient “lizard brain” may be deeply misleading. Researchers found that evolution instead appears to balance two competing styles of brain wiring, expanding one while shrinking the other depending on what an animal needs to survive.…

Fossil feet may be misleading scientists about human evolution

New research suggests that whatever scientists ultimately discover about the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees, one characteristic may be difficult to dispute: it was probably capable of climbing trees. Humans and chimpanzees went their separate evolutionary ways between 6 and 7 million years ago, when they diverged from…

Scientists find why the liver may not heal even after you stop drinking

Excessive alcohol use can interfere with one of the liver’s most remarkable abilities: repairing and rebuilding itself after injury. New research suggests that alcohol related damage can leave liver cells trapped in an abnormal middle state, unable to function normally or complete the regeneration process, even after a person stops…

Carrello della spesa più caro del 29,5% in 5 anni – Notizie – Ansa.it

    Il carrello della spesa in Italia in cinque anni è cresciuto del 29,5%, un valore di molto superiore a quello dell’inflazione registrata nello stesso periodo (21%) con picchi per i prezzi degli ortaggi (+39% per quelli più usati in cucina), del caffè (+51%) e dell’olio extravergine (+47%). E’…

Rocky planets may have formed just 100 million years after the Big Bang

The ingredients needed to build rocky planets may have appeared as early as 100 million years after the Big Bang, according to new research from the University of Portsmouth. That would place the beginnings of planet formation remarkably close to the dawn of the Universe, even before the first galaxies…

Scientists discover diamonds can generate electricity

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have discovered that ultrathin, highly flexible diamond membranes can produce a measurable piezoelectric response, challenging a scientific assumption that has stood for more than a century. The work was led by Professor Zhiqin Chu, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and…

Il collier milionario rubato a Vienna, il museo nella bufera – Africa – Ansa.it

A tre giorni dal furto del collier di diamanti al Museo di arti applicate di Vienna (Mak), è polemica sulla sicurezza della mostra “Glanzstücke”. Una visitatrice, intervistata dalla “Presse”, sostiene che al momento dell’ingresso non ci fossero controlli sulle borse e che, dopo la spaccata della vetrina, nessun allarme sarebbe…

L’Islanda dice ‘no’ alla Ue, il 52,8% boccia il referendum – Notizie – Ansa.it

“Nessun passo indietro ma una vittoria per la democrazia”. E’ lucida nella sua analisi la premier islandese Kristrún Frostadóttir quando affronta la sconfitta al referendum che aveva voluto per riaprire i negoziati per l’adesione all’Ue interrotti nel 2013. Un fallimento che gela Bruxelles e ridà fiato ai sovranisti antieuropeisti, da…