Doctors Laissez Faire About Needle-Stick Injuries
A surprising survey of 700 surgeons in the US found that more than half failed to report needle-stick injuries when…
Did Trichromatic Vision Evolve Because of Colorful Bottoms Or Colorful Fruit?
Primates that can distinguish red hues from green ones (trichromatic color vision) have been the cause of much debate among…
Smog And Women – A Bad Combination
Intriguing research from Penn State University shows that air pollution has a bigger effect on the immune system of females…
Satellites Open To Amateur Attack
Earlier this year, China deliberately destroyed one of its own weather satellites in orbit; an act which some analysts suggested…
Icebergs – Oases Of The Ocean
A new study in this week’s issue of Science reveals how free-floating icebergs are a haven for a startling array…
New Study Slams Male Circumcision As HIV Preventative
Male circumcision, which had previously been found to lessen the risk of contracting HIV, is largely irrelevant, suggests a new…
Tortoise-Hare Executive Functions Of Brain Identified
The human brain’s chain-of-command relies on not one, but two quite different – although complementary – command-and-control areas, according to…
Human Genome “Far More Complex Than Anyone Imagined,” Lament Researchers
It looks like it may be back to the drawing board for many of the new gene therapy treatments being…
Military Superiority Sometimes A Hindrance To Winning A War
A new University of Georgia study has found that despite overwhelming military superiority, the world’s most powerful nations failed to…
Glucose Converted Directly To Faux Fossil Fuel
A big step towards viable biofuel refining was taken this week, with scientists claiming to have directly converted the natural…
Evidence Of Altruism In Plants
Gardeners believe that some pairs of plants get along better than others, and it now seems there may be scientific…
Researchers Ponder Primordial Broth
Two scientists from the University of California – San Francisco have developed a model that they believe could explain how…
Shrinking Icecap On Kilimanjaro Not Due To Global Warming
The dwindling icecap of Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro (pictured) has assumed something like iconic status for those seeking to dramatically illustrate…
Dino Detectives Decode Death Dance
The peculiar pose – wide-open mouth, head thrown back and recurved tail – of many fossilized dinosaurs has led two…
Wireless Power Transfer Revisited
In 1904, renowned electrical impresario Nikola Tesla proposed a method whereby electrical energy could be transmitted without wires by using…
Greenhouse Gases Taking The Heat For Dirty Snow
The global warming debate has until now focused almost entirely on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, but scientists…
Newly Identified “Starvation Hormone” Behind Low-Carb Diet Effectiveness
The effectiveness of low-carbohydrate, high-fat diets may depend on increased levels of a newly identified “starvation hormone” produced by the…
DIY Terra Preta Soils Double As Carbon Sink
Australian agricultural researchers are excited about what they believe could be a win-win method to enrich Australia’s depleted soils and…
Humans Took First Steps In Tree Tops
Scientists at the University of Liverpool, UK, say that our ability to walk upright developed from foraging for food in…