Whose Tools are These? New Research Determines Our Species Created Earliest Modern Artifacts in Europe
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Blade-like tools and animal tooth pendants previously discovered in Europe, and once thought to possibly be the work of Neanderthals, are in fact the creation of Homo sapiens, who emigrated from Africa.
NYU Los Angeles and YEA! (Young Entertainment Activists) to Host Hollywood Digital Climate Summit, May 16
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The event will feature writer-producer Scott Z Burns ('The Report', 'Contagion', 'An Inconvenient Truth'); showrunner Bruce Miller ('The Handmaid’s Tale'); actors Pamela Adlon ('Better Things', 'King of the Hill') and Bonnie Wright ('Harry Potter'); and climate activist Jamie Margolin ('Zero Hour')
It’s Not Me—It’s You: We Believe We’re Less Likely than Others Are to Fall for Online Scams
Tagged in Engineering, Science and Technology Research Arts and Science Tandon School of Engineering
We believe we are less likely than others are to fall for phishing scams, thereby underestimating our own exposure to risk, a new cybersecurity study has found.
Research Shows Black Drivers More Likely to Be Stopped by Police
Tagged in Education and Social Sciences Research Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
New research offers evidence that black drivers are more likely to be stopped by police than their white peers.
Positive Health Beliefs May Reduce Blood Pressure Post-Stroke, Especially Among Women
Tagged in Health and Medicine Research School of Global Public Health School of Medicine
Strategies to Promote Self-Efficacy After Stroke May Help Manage Blood Pressure
Scientists Take Steps to Create a “Racetrack Memory,” Potentially Enhancing Digital Data Storage
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A team of scientists has taken steps to create a new form of digital data storage, a “Racetrack Memory,” which opens the possibility to both bolster computer power and lead to the creation of smaller, faster, and more energy efficient computer memory technologies.
NYU’s Graduate Acting Program and Design for Stage & Film Present Virtual Production of Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’, May 6
Tagged in Arts and Culture Tisch School of the Arts
The performance will be streamed over Facebook at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. and is open to the public
Three NYU Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Tagged in Engineering, Science and Technology Research Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences School of Medicine
Three NYU faculty have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Children Who Have Difficult Relationships with Their Mothers are Clingy Towards Their Early Teachers
Tagged in Education and Social Sciences Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Research
NYU Steinhardt researchers find that children who experience “dependent” or clingy relationships with their preschool teachers tend to also have difficulties in their relationships with their mothers.
What is “Public Space” in a Time of Social Distancing? A Discussion on Civic Engagement in an Online World—May 5
Tagged in Education and Social Sciences Tandon School of Engineering Arts and Science Events Speakers @ NYU
What is “public space” in a time of social distancing? A panel of entrepreneurs, non-profit leaders, and researchers will consider this and other aspects of online civic engagement in a web discussion on Tues., May 5.