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Dinosaur footprints and rock carvings, both highlighted with dashed lines, at the Serrote do Letreiro site in Brazil Leonardo Troiano/ National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage, Brazil Mysterious rock carvings found next to dinosaur tracks in Brazil suggest ancient…

Attacks on Diversity in Higher Education Threaten Democracy The forced resignation of Harvard’s president provides a peek at the blueprint for the war against justice in the U.S., concludes a long-time observer of attacks on academia By Abby L. Ferber…

A police officer in Rome, Italy, gesturing to a tourist Jochen Tack/imageBROKER/Alamy People of different nationalities appear to vary in their use of hand gestures, according to a study that seems to reinforce the idea that Italians, in particular, “talk…

Some zoo animals have caught SARS-CoV-2 from humans Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Animals such as rats are often regarded as disease carriers. But when it comes to the spreading of illnesses, it turns out other animals have more reason to fear us…

The patient’s teeth appeared to be well cared for, but dentist James Mancini did not like the look of his gums. By chance, Mancini knew the man’s physician, so he raised an alert about a potential problem — and a…

Martin MacInnes, author of In Ascension Gary Doak Martin MacInnes is the author of the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club: In Ascension, the story of a marine biologist, Leigh, from her childhood to her adventures among the…

Wild Birds Gesture ‘After You’ to Insist Their Mate Go First Like humans, these small Japanese birds communicate abstract concepts with gestures By Olivia Ferrari Credit: Yasumasa Ochi/Aflo/Alamy Stock Photo To communicate without words, humans use a host of gestures—whether…

I WAS going to start this article another way. But that was before my 10-year-old daughter intervened. In fact, I had already begun writing when she bounced up and tried to scam me. She offered to bet me £10 that…

Wood Ink For 3D Printers Can Turn Old Scrap into New Parts A 3D-printing ink developed from wood waste recombines its natural components back into wooden products By Payal Dhar Credit: Eugene Mymrin/Getty Images Wood is one of humanity’s oldest…

A female Japanese tit fluttering its wings Toshitaka Suzuki Japanese tits appear to flutter their wings to tell mates to enter the nest, suggesting that birds may communicate with a variety of gestures. Signals such as waving are a common…