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- Chimpanzees synchronise their steps just like humans https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/chimpanzees-synchronise-their-steps-just-like-humans/ 23 comments
- World's oldest periodic table chart found in St. Andrews https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/worlds-oldest-periodic-table-chart-found-in-st-andrews/ 22 comments
- Loss of Himalayan Glaciers ‘Larger Than Thought,’. A total of 270 million tons of lost glaciers terminating into lakes in the greater Himalaya between 2000 and 2020 was not measured in the previous estimation, an underestimation of approximately 6.5% https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/new-study-reveals-invisible-glacier-loss-in-the-greater-himalaya/ 4 comments science
- Loss of Himalayan Glaciers ‘Larger Than Thought,’. A total of 270 million tons of lost glaciers terminating into lakes in the greater Himalaya between 2000 and 2020 was not measured in the previous estimation, an underestimation of approximately 6.5% https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/new-study-reveals-invisible-glacier-loss-in-the-greater-himalaya/ 3 comments environment
- Loss of Himalayan Glaciers ‘Larger Than Thought,’. A total of 270 million tons of lost glaciers terminating into lakes in the greater Himalaya between 2000 and 2020 was not measured in the previous estimation, an underestimation of approximately 6.5% https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/new-study-reveals-invisible-glacier-loss-in-the-greater-himalaya/ 2 comments science
- Humans retain an understanding of gestures made by other great apes even though we no longer use them ourselves, according to a new study by researchers at the University of St Andrews. https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/humans-can-recognise-and-understand-chimpanzee-and-bonobo-gestures/ 19 comments science
- A quantum harmonic oscillator—a structure that can control the location and energy of quantum particles that could, in the future, be used to develop new technologies including OLEDs and miniature lasers—has been made at room temperature by researchers led by the University of St Andrews. https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/st-andrews-scientists-turn-up-the-heat-on-physics-phenomenon/#:~:text=A%20'quantum%20harmonic%20oscillator'%20%E2%80%93,the%20University%20of%20St%20Andrews. 22 comments science
- A Scottish University has set up the SETI Post-Detection Hub, and tasked itself with preparing protocols should humans ever discover advanced extraterrestrial life https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/do-you-speak-extra-terrestrial-research-hub-considers-response-to-life-beyond-earth/ 7 comments futurology
- Researchers found that dolphins have a unique sense of taste that allows them to identify family and friends through urine and other excretions in their watery environment, without seeing or hearing them https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/dolphins-can-recognise-familiar-animals-by-taste/ 73 comments science
- Ancient Namibian stone holds key to future quantum computers https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/ancient-namibian-stone-holds-key-to-future-quantum-computers/ 19 comments technology
- Ancient Namibian stone holds key to future quantum computers. Scientists used a naturally mined cuprous oxide (Cu2O) gemstone from Namibia to produce Rydberg polaritons that switch continually from light to matter and back again. https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/ancient-namibian-stone-holds-key-to-future-quantum-computers/ 654 comments science
- Political divisions deepen globally. Populist movements, which disrupt established norms and act against democratic institutions, over time become associated with political identity leading to greater antagonism between opposing political parties https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/political-divisions-deepen-globally/ 4 comments science
- War potentially creates a ‘boys’ club’ where men help each other more than they help women. Numerous lines of evidence suggest that, in many prehistoric human populations, men tended to stay in the group where they were born, while women migrated to other groups. https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/war-creates-a-boys-club 530 comments science
- Cultural lifestyle changes inspire evolutionary adaptations more often than previously understood. An example being dairy farming, which brought about a genetic change which allowed some human beings to digest milk, an adaptation not seen in non-dairy cultures. https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/animals-cultural-lifestyles-can-influence-evolution/ 5 comments science
- Chemical elements which make up mobile phones placed on ‘endangered list’ https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/chemical-elements-which-make-up-mobile-phones-placed-on-endangered-list/?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=univofstandrews&utm_content=research&utm_campaign=research 3 comments science