Research In The News

A Binghamton University study of two ancient hominins from South Africa suggests that changes in the shape and size of the middle ear occurred early in our evolution. Such alterations could have profoundly changed what our ancestors could hear — and perhaps how they could communicate, Nature reports this week.

Computer security expert Scott Craver, a Binghamton faculty member, tells Wired magazine he created the contest to raise awareness about security issues and drive research.

Binghamton University folklorist Elizabeth Tucker helps to explain the kids’ hand-clapping game called “Cups” for the Washington Post’s Style section.

High school students whose friends get higher marks tend to raise their own grade point averages over time, Scientific American reports in this one-minute podcast focusing on research by Binghamton’s Hiroki Sayama.

Binghamton graduate student Sharan Srinivas shares his experiences at Binghamton with readers of The Hindu, one of India’s largest newspapers.

Binghamton’s Mark Lenzenweger was a guest on National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation for a discussion about the challenges of treating personality disorders.

Binghamton historian Leigh Ann Wheeler’s new book, How Sex Became a Civil Liberty, catalogs the development of the concept of sexual rights and offers an unapologetic feminist critique of the extremes of sexual civil libertarianism, Salon reports.