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A BU researcher studies how comedians in Turkey make marginalized communities visible on stage, often risking prosecution and social consequences.

Valuable new information about the future risk of wildfires has been discovered in Australian sand dunes where researchers have uncovered the remnants

A Q&A with Northwestern Computer Science assistant professor of instruction Connor Bain.

Two BU photographers, Brandon A. Güell and Russell Laman, are among the 100 winners in the 58th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

Winning images in the inaugural Boston University Research photo contest capture Costa Rican tree frogs, neurons in an emotional brain, and more.

St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) May 11, 2022 -- The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) today announced 26 recipients of Health Equity Achieved Through

Trace fossil reveals more about this ancient creature's behavior

The finding, published today in the journal  Scientific Reports, is the result of reconstructing an unusual trace fossil that they identified as a burrow of these ancient worms. According to the study’s lead author, SFU Earth Sciences PhD student, Yu-Yen Pan, the trace fossil was found in a rocky area near coastal Taiwan. Trace fossils are part of a research field known as ichnology. “I was fascinated by this monster burrow at first glance,” she says. “Compared to other trace fossils w...

Credit: Masakazu Nara Simon Fraser University researchers have found evidence that large ambush-predatory worms--some as long as two metres--roamed the ocean floor near Taiwan over 20 million years ago. The finding, published today in the journal Scientific Reports, is the result of reconstructing an unusual trace fossil that they identified as a burrow of these ancient worms. According to the studys lead author, SFU Earth Sciences PhD student, Yu-Yen Pan, the trace fossil was found in a rocky...