The Evolutionary Meaning Behind Music

Why did humans evolve to be musical? This question has vexed scientists since Darwin first posed it more than a century ago. Several theories have…
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Why did humans evolve to be musical? This question has vexed scientists since Darwin first posed it more than a century ago. Several theories have…
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Solar power is the world’s most abundant energy resource, and photovoltaic cells are the most promising avenue for directly converting the photons to electricity. With…
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Eosinophils are a type of white blood cells involved in a variety of conditions, including allergic disorders (e.g. asthma, atopic dermatitis), drug hypersensitivity, parasitic infections,…
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Electricity from solar photovoltaics (PVs) is the fastest-growing source of new electric power worldwide. The growth is due to the dramatic cost decrease of PV…
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Use of pharmaceutical medications by humans is escalating globally. In fact, the number of pharmaceutical doses dispensed per year is predicted to reach 4.5 trillion…
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The gravitational field outside a planet, a moon, an asteroid, or a comet is crucial for determining that body’s mass, density, and some details of…
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Energy, as the driving force for human development, economic growth, and urban modernization is the eternal pursuit of humanity. As the basic energy source in…
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The golden era of electric mobility may be upon us. In 2016, ~160,000 plug-in electric vehicles were sold in the US. To further achieve wide…
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In 1971, President Richard Nixon declared a war on cancer (though with the Vietnam war still ongoing, he never actually used that phrase, calling for…
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Titan, the largest satellite of Saturn’s system, is famous for being entirely covered by layers of thick orange haze, which are composed of organic aerosols….
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Our solar system contains a myriad of bodies with sizes ranging from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers. We call them asteroids. The most numerous…
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