But a new study of the most complete skeleton of the species known to exist has answered many questions about the enigmatic critter — first described in 1883 by famed paleontologist Edward Drinker ...

"If anyone were in my shoes, they would likely do the same." - Displaced and desperate - Myanmar's opium production was previously second only to Afghanistan, where poppy farming flourished ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...

Mar. 5, 2025 — Experts see peer recognition as important to student success in physics, and a new study gives college-level physics instructors insight into how students perceive the message ...

Feb. 6, 2024 — A new study presents data and a mathematical model to explain why there is more unconscious, or implicit, racial bias in some cities than others. The study, which brings together ...

Opium prices in Afghanistan have skyrocketed, nearing record highs and primarily benefiting large traffickers and organised crime networks. A recent report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and ...

Myanmar is now the world’s largest opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan in 2024 with a staggering 1,080 tons harvested. With conflict tearing communities apart, the illicit trade has flourished. For ...

Traditionally, skeletonization (thinning) is a morphological operation to reduce a binary image to its topological skeleton, returning a raster image as result. However, sometimes a vector ...