Antibiotic Misuse A Serious Concern Say Experts
A new study shows that more than half the patients in the United States are taking bacteria-destroying antibiotics for colds,…
Evolution Of Human Brain Unique
The genes that control brain development evolved much more rapidly in humans than in other mammals because of natural selection…
Faulty Brain Activity Causes Some Heart Attacks
University College London (UCL) researchers have discovered that a system which normally coordinates signalling from the brain to different parts…
Jigsaw Puzzles Cause Xmas Arguments But Excite Boffins
Researchers have found that people use a number of different strategies to complete a jigsaw; at the extreme, a person…
Synthetic DNA Refined For Data Processing
Nature’s own data storage material – the DNA molecule – may lend a hand to the information technology industry as…
Crocheting Chaos
The mathematics journal Mathematical Intelligencer has published some intriguing instructions on how to crochet your very own model of chaos.…
Routine Tool Use By Wild Monkeys Observed
University of Georgia psychologist Dorothy Fragaszy and co-researchers, have just published the first direct scientific report of tool use among…
Coral Reefs Set For Rapid Growth
In a research paper appearing in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, Aussie scientists say that coral reefs around the world…
Fertility Risk From Laptop Computers
The increasing popularity of laptop computers, together with evidence that elevated scrotal temperature can result in sperm damage, has prompted…
Shampoo Washes Neurons Down The Drain
An antimicrobial agent found in many shampoos and widely used in industrial applications inhibits the development of neuron structures that…
Glacier Speed-Up Causes Concern
In findings reported in Nature, Greenland’s Jakobshavn Isbrae, the world’s fastest moving glacier, doubled its speed between 1997 and 2003.…
Nutrients Being Bred Out Of Modern Crops
A study of 43 garden crops led by a biochemist from the University of Texas suggests that the nutrient value…
Geologists Say End-Permian Mass Extinction Not Caused By Asteroid
The world’s largest mass extinction occurred some 250 million years ago, wiping out 90 percent of marine life. While some…