Greening of Arctic will be dramatic, say scientists
New computer models based on observations of plant growth in the Arctic suggest that rising temperatures will lead to a…
Ancient asteroid caused global firestorm on Earth
A new analysis of conditions after a Manhattan-sized asteroid slammed into Mexico in the dinosaur era indicates the event triggered…
Future criminal behavior predicted with brain scan
Researchers from The Mind Research Network and Duke University say neuroimaging data can predict the likelihood of whether a criminal…
Biofuels could be made directly from excess CO2 in the atmosphere, say scientists
Researchers at the University of Georgia have found a way to transform carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into a variety…
Two-headed bull shark discovered
Marine researchers at Michigan State University have confirmed that the first-ever, two-headed bull shark to be discovered is a single…
New analysis pokes holes in biodiversity’s supposed link to human disease
The vast majority of new, emerging or re-emerging human diseases are caused by pathogens from animals, according to the World…
Emotional content of books diverging by country, say language sleuths
A computer analysis of more than five million digitized books has revealed a distinct stylistic divergence since the 1960s, with…
Brain wave trajectories challenge area-specific notion of brain activity
Our understanding of brain activity has traditionally been linked to specific brain areas – an area associated with speech, vision,…
Knowledge of sport no advantage in sports gambling
Sports gamblers frequently see themselves as cleverer than other gamblers, believing that their intimate knowledge of player statistics, coaching styles,…
Natural selection reducing road kill
Urban environments can be evolutionary hotspots, suggests a study in the journal Current Biology that explored why road kill surveys…
Overheard cellphone conversations “uniquely intrusive”
Confirming what many of us have long suspected, a new study in the journal PLOS ONE has found that a…
Self-control makes cockatoos sophisticated traders
The ability to anticipate a delayed gain is considered cognitively challenging since it requires not only the capacity to control…
Stroke diagnosed via txt messaging
The inability to write a coherent text message may become an important tool in diagnosing a type of crippling stroke…
Pesticides may be source of norovirus in food
Outbreaks of norovirus (also known as the winter vomiting bug) are frequently linked to the consumption of fresh food, but…
Facebook Likes reveal surprisingly accurate intimate personal information
Surprisingly accurate estimates of users’ race, age, IQ, sexuality, personality type, substance use, and political views can be inferred from…
Scientists propose test run for nuking asteroid
After five years of work, a team of scientists from Iowa State University are proposing a $500 million test launch…
Peptide discovery could lead to happiness pill
The neurochemical changes that underlie human emotions are still largely unknown, but UCLA scientists have for the first time identified…
Sports brain injury may actually be an autoimmune phenomenon
U.S. medicos have proposed a radical new way of thinking about concussions and sub-concussive hits to the head that are…
New evidence that comets may have seeded life on Earth
A new experiment simulating conditions in deep space has shown that linked pairs of amino acids – essential building blocks…
Can nicotine transmit disease through multiple generations?
Nicotine creates heritable epigenetic marks on the genome, say Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute scientists who contend that a grandparent’s…
Volcanoes keeping a lid on global warming
Climatologists in the U.S. say that dozens of active volcanoes spewing sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere have been offsetting about…