Jamestown residents likely turned to Indigenous dogs as a food source several times during the first 10 years of their Virginia colonization, according to a new study in American Antiquity. They also examined how Indigenous dogs disappeared over the next 400 years.“The consumption of dogs suggests that Jamestown residents faced multiple periods of severe famine during the site’s early occupation, as well as later periods,” the paper said. “While the consumption of dog flesh in modern Wes ...read more
Imagine a simple, easy-to-access tool that could elevate your mood, improve your sleep, and strengthen your relationships. It's not a miracle pill or a high-tech device — it’s gratitude. Long extolled in proverbs and philosophical teachings, the age-old wisdom of being thankful now finds support in modern scientific studies, showing meaningful mental and physical health benefits. Gratitude on the BrainAt its core, gratitude involves recognizing and appreciating the positive aspects of life, ...read more
The question of whether some dinosaurs were covered with either scales or feathers has a new answer: both.Researchers examined the skin of the feathered dinosaur Psittacosaurus from the early Cretaceous period (135 million years to 120 million years ago) and found “zones” of reptile-style scales as well as “zones” where feathers were present, according to a study in Nature Communications. The early Cretaceous marks the period when some dinosaurs were evolving into birds. Rare Skin Sample ...read more
We’ve known for some time now that during sleep, the brain undergoes a memory spring cleaning of sorts, during which thoughts collected during that day are either converted into long-term memories or discarded.It makes sense that this brain cleanse would occur at night when the brain is idle, considering there’s no way that even the enormous human brain could possibly have enough room for everything that we take in on a given day.Until recently, researchers didn’t understand the mechanism ...read more
Have you ever had your dog get irritated red paws after running around in the grass outside, or has your cat recently developed a rash? One study from 2018 found that in the past decade, cases of environmental allergies have risen by 30.7 percent in dogs and 11.5 percent in cats.Like humans, our pets can also get runny, sneezy noses and itchy skin during allergy seasons. Most allergy spikes coincide with the changing seasons in the spring and Fall, but changes in food and using specific types of ...read more
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