01 May, 2019

In 1980, a monk found a jawbone high up in a Tibetan cave. Now, a re-analysis shows the remains belonged to a Denisovan who died there 160,000 years ago. It's just the second known site where the extinct humans lived, and it shows they colonized extreme elevations long before our own ancestors did.


Researchers say there’s a simple way to reduce suicides: Increase the minimum wage,Raising the minimum wage and the earned-income tax credit by 10 percent each could prevent about 1,230 suicides annually, according to a working paper circulated by the National Bureau of Economic Research this week


For the first time, researches have reversed behavior changes caused by Toxoplasma, a parasite linked to mental disease in humans


How can law enforcement identify victims of human trafficking, separating them from voluntary sex workers in very large datasets? A study of law enforcement needs for combatting human trafficking finds a need for visual analytic tools and better privacy and security for crime databases


Scientists create a jellyfish venom antidote (though one already existed), and discover how venom antidote actually works on a molecular level - a finding which may help explain other antivenom antidotes as well (used gene editing to knock out genes and testing for survival vs venom)


Jon Stewart's departure from the Daily Show and the end of the Colbert Report contributed to an increase in Trump's county-level vote share in the 2016 election.


Observers watching January's total eclipse of the Moon saw a rare event, a short-lived flash as a meteorite hit the lunar surface. Spanish astronomers now think the space rock collided with the Moon at 61,000 kilometres an hour, excavating a crater 10 to 15 metres across.