Elephants Join Cognitive Elite
New experiments have revealed that elephants can recognize themselves in a mirror, an important indicator of self-recognition that places them…
Pharmacologists Confirm Chemo’s Brain Damaging Effects
The latest issue of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior confirms what many chemotherapy patients have long suspected; chemotherapy addles the brain.…
Threat From Plummeting Biodiversity Qualified
A new meta-study in Nature has analyzed more than 100 previous species diversity studies and come to the conclusion that…
Back To The Drawing Board For Human Migration Patterns
Human polyomavirus (also known as JCV), a benign virus used as a marker in tracing human migration, may be unreliable,…
Developing World Antes Up In Greenhouse Game
A jury-rigged smoke sampling system put together by two researchers from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, has revealed that the…
Magnetic Bacteria Maintain Their Mystery
The evolutionary advantage that magnetic bacteria enjoy has always been something of a conundrum, but now, scientists at the Naval…
Exotic Underground Bacteria Thrive On Radiation Rather Than Sunlight
Astrobiologists have welcomed the discovery of uranium-cooking bacteria that live two miles under the Earth’s surface. Such exotic and hardy…
Magnetic Appeal Of Schizophrenic Superconductors
Researchers believe they have developed a theory to explain how ultra-narrow wires (nanowires) show enhanced superconductivity when exposed to strong…
Look Ma, No Biofuel Cell!
Proteins like to keep themselves busy, and one of the tasks they perform is the discharging of excess energy generated…
Scientists Create Super-Heavy Element 118
Scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from Dubna, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in…
Swimming Critters Add New Variable To Climate Confusion
Phytoplankton – the microscopic plants that form the foundation of the marine food chain – generate an astonishing amount of…
Astronomers Scope The Weather On Extrasolar Planet
Astronomer Joseph Harrington, of the University of Central Florida, has reported the first direct observation of distinct day and night…
Cat Parasite Aiming For Global Male Domination
Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite usually found in cats that can also infect humans, has been getting more than its fair…
Peptide Cocktail Stops Bleeding In Seconds
Researchers from MIT and Hong Kong University have shown that certain liquids composed of peptides (protein fragments) can stop bleeding…
Farty Gas Triggers Suspended Animation State
Hydrogen sulfide gas, a favorite of laboratory pranksters, appears to also induce a state of suspended animation in mice. Interestingly,…
Mars Rover Snapped From Orbit
A high resolution camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken a remarkable picture that shows the exploration rover Opportunity…
Black Hole The Ultimate Sub-Woofer
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has detected a cacophony of ultra-deep sound resonating through galaxy M87 thanks to a black hole…
Telescope Tag-Team Nets New Planets
Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have confirmed the extrasolar (outside our solar system) planet…
Biochemists Mull Alternative DNA Structures
Scientists are trying to establish how nature arrived at DNA’s simple and elegant structure by putting together alternative DNA forms…
Single Pixel Camera Snaps High-Res Images
Researchers from Rice University have created a digital camera that uses a single-pixel sensor and hundreds-of-thousands of tiny mirrors to…
Black Holes A Cosmic Contraceptive?
Astronomers from Yale and Leiden University in The Netherlands have discovered that old stars dominated many large galaxies in the…