First human communities may have originated from funeral feasts
University of Connecticut (UC) scientists working at a 12,000 year-old archeological site in Israel say they have evidence that ancient…
Shortage of medical isotopes at crisis point
Radioactive isotopes are used to perform tens of millions of medical scans and treatments every year, but scientists at this…
Solar flares spookily linked to radioactive decay on Earth
Researchers from Stanford and Purdue University have found that the radioactive decay of some elements sitting in laboratories on Earth…
Astronomers detect distant solar system with five planets
Astronomers working at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have discovered a planetary system 127 light-years away that contains at least…
Water, the simplest appetite control method
An appetite control agent that requires no prescription, has no side-effects and costs almost nothing? A new clinical trial has…
Could oxytocin levels identify high risk parents?
The hormone oxytocin has come under intensive study in light of emerging evidence that its release contributes to the social…
New link found between yoga and “feel-good” brain chemical
After finding a link between yoga postures and increased gamma-aminobutyric (GABA) levels in the brain, Boston University School of Medicine…
Prehistoric “terror bird” jabbed prey like a boxer
Andalgalornis couldn’t fly, but it used its unusually large, rigid skull – together with a hawk-like hooked beak – for…
New insight into matter/antimatter conundrum
Physicists at the Fermilab Tevatron particle collider have observed that short-lived B meson particles produced from proton collisions break down…
Body dysmorphia unimproved by cosmetic surgery
A new study appearing in the Annals of Plastic Surgery has found that while many who suffer from body dysmorphic…
Oral sex study worries health experts
According to new research from the University of Alberta, one-third of women find fellatio empowering and half regard oral sex…
French boffins find optimum way to pour champagne
Scientists from the University of Reims in France may have finally settled a long-standing disagreement over the best way to…
Cambrian explosion linked to rapid super-continent shift
Yale University geologists have uncovered evidence that the Gondwana supercontinent underwent a rapid 60-degree rotation across the Earth’s surface during…
Last ditch appeal to save irreplaceable seed bank from bulldozers
A frantic appeal has been made directly to the Russian government to save Europe’s largest fruit and berry seed bank…
Sperm quality found to plummet with BPA exposure
In the first human study of its kind, University of Michigan (UM) researchers have found that the controversial plastics chemical…
Ovulating women buy sexier clothes
Ovulating women unconsciously buy sexier clothes, doing so not to impress men, say the University of Minnesota researchers who conducted…
Women more likely to bed men in red
The color red is a symbol of courage and sexuality, of power and passion – and new research suggests it…
Sun-storm to hit within 24 hours
Sky watchers might get to enjoy some spectacular Northern Lights tomorrow, thanks to a massive explosion on the surface of…
Surgery linked to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
A Spanish study has found a significant correlation between the risk of certain neurological diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)…