Squirrels Use Snake Eau de Cologne
Animal behaviorists have observed California ground squirrels and rock squirrels chewing up rattlesnake skin and smearing it on their fur…
Mayo Clinic Zooms In On Nanobacteria
Mayo Clinic researchers have successfully isolated nanoparticles from human kidney stones in cell cultures and have isolated proteins, RNA and…
Tunguska Revisited
The huge forest devastation at Tunguska a century ago in Siberia may have been caused by an asteroid only a…
Comet Dust Yields Up Some Surprises
Scientists studying the first solid comet samples ever retrieved from space have just announced some preliminary findings concerning the make-up…
Menopause Exclusively Human
Wild chimpanzees do not routinely experience menopause, suggests a Harvard University study, rebutting previous studies of captive individuals which had…
Brain Can Rewire Itself On-The-Fly
Researchers from the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC) have for the first time described a mechanism called…
Immune System Sculpts The Brain
The synapse elimination that occurs during the normal development of a child’s brain seems to be directed by the immune…
Engineers Generate “Rogue Waves”
“Rogue waves” or “freak waves” can appear and disappear without warning in the open ocean and have been the stuff…
Missing Fallout Fuels Warming Fears
Ice cores drilled from the Himalayas lack the distinctive radioactive traces that atomic explosions produce, possibly indicating that no new…
Modern Man In Evolutionary Fast Lane
A new study led by University of Wisconsin-Madison anthropologist John Hawks describes the past 40,000 years as a time of…
Switching Gayness On And Off
While the nature-nurture argument about homosexuality continues to be debated, a team of neurobiologists from the University of Illinois at…
Direct Brain Control Of Robot Demonstrated
A metal skullcap with electrodes sticking out has turned a sci-fi cliché into reality, with the wearer being able to…
Neuroscientists Map Violent Media’s Effects On Brain
Although past studies have shown some correlation between exposure to media violence and real-life violent behavior, there has been little…
Dwarf Star Activity Puzzles Astronomers
Astronomers have been observing an unusual M-dwarf star with an extremely active and complex magnetic field that is stronger than…
Between The Sheets
Life on Earth may have begun as an organic mash in the protected spaces inside of layers of the mineral…
Biological Cause For Body Dysmorphic Disorder?
A new imaging project from UCLA reveals that the brains of people with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) look normal, but…