The Japanese Archipelago has been densely populated since the Neolithic Age, and most of the natural environment has been strongly influenced by human activities (Koyama and Sugito 1984). The life patterns of h
Salvi et al. find that GPT-4 outperforms humans in debates when given basic sociodemographic data. With personalization, GPT-4 had 81.2% higher odds of post-debate agreement than humans. Francesco Salvi Manoel Horta Ribeiro Robert West
This ancient pathogen became deadlier when humans started wearing wool Ancient genomes reveal that a bacterial fever jumped from human-borne ticks to lice around the time wool textiles became common. Ewen Callaway News22 May 2025 Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears ...
In traditional Japan, the word shizen, also pronounced jinen, meant naturalness, or the mode of being which is natural. It did not, however, signify “nature”, at least not as that word has been commonly understood in modern times, i.e., as the objectiv
The 18 studies found by the authors show for instance a decline in visits to nature parks in the US and Japan, a decrease in camping activities in the US, and a decrease in the number of flower species observed by Japanese children. They also find signs of disconnection in the depletion ...
Reverse electron transport is the mechanism behind excess mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in the livers of obese mice, which has implications for developing therapeutics for fatty liver disease in humans. Renata L. S. Goncalves Zeqiu Branden Wang ...
“biophilia” hypothesis. His idea was that the environment in which humans evolved has shaped our brain, priming it to respond positively to cues that would have enhanced survival for our ancestors, such as trees, savannah, lakes and waterways. This, Wilson argued, is why ...
In Japan, aware is connected with autumn and the vanishing of the world. Baika-seki. Japanese plum-blossom-pattern stones. Bako. Storage box. Different types of bako are used for specific things. A kiri bako is used to store a suiseki and their daiza. Traditionally made of Paulownia ...
Much of their development is being driven by understanding the skills and strategies that humans, animals and plants employ. This not only inspires robot design and control from nano to macro scales but is also accelerating our understanding of life and the potential for robots to interact with ...
we do not detect such a genetic contribution in the Denisovan or the two European Neanderthals. We conclude that in addition to later interbreeding events, the ancestors of Neanderthals from the Altai Mountains and early modern humans met and interbred, possibly in the Near East, many thousands...