Faulty eye signaling may be to blame for schizoid hallucinations
By observing the eye movements of schizophrenia patients while they played a simple video game, a University of British Columbia…
Human sleep influenced by Moon
A report in Current Biology offers the first scientific evidence that humans are affected by the geophysical rhythms of the…
Magnetic wand provides three dimensions of smart phone interaction
A magnetic pen-like wand that makes use of the magnetometers built into most smart phones and tablets adds a third…
Love-hormone oxytocin also triggers anxiety and fear
It seems that oxytocin is two-faced. The hormone that promotes feelings of love, social bonding, and well-being can also cause…
New Neptunian moon discovered by Hubble
The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune, making a total of 14…
Revealing cancer’s deep evolutionary roots
A new way to look at cancer – by tracing its evolutionary roots to the dawn of multicellular life more…
A blue planet where it rains glass
Astronomers making visible-light observations with the Hubble Space Telescope have deduced the actual color of a planet orbiting another star…
Brain mapping gets a reality check
The idea that researchers can unravel different brain functions by performing MRI scans while subjects perform tasks is deeply flawed,…
Brain-training claims questioned
Brain-training companies claim scientific studies back the effectiveness of their programs, but according to a new report, most studies like…
Choir’s hearts beat as one
Swedish researchers studying how music affects the human body have found that when people sing in a choir their heartbeats…
Brain regions where ideas become contagious identified
How do ideas spread? Why do some videos go viral? UCLA scientists have taken a first step toward answering these…
Parrots solve complex mechanical problems
Untrained parrots have been solving complex mechanical problems that involved undoing a series of locks one after another; impressive feats…
“Extreme” astrophysical event likely cause of mysterious radio bursts
Mysterious bursts of radio waves detected on Earth may be coming from magnetars, say the scientists who first detected them.…
Oceanic food-chain undergoing dramatic changes
Increasing levels of carbon dioxide appear to be changing the biodiversity of the oceanic ecosystem, most notably the keystone bacterial…
Global warming getting El Niño all hot and bothered
Spawning droughts, floods, and other weather disturbances, the El Niño – Southern Oscillation affects the daily lives of millions of…
Lots more habitable planets out there, thanks to clouds
‘ An intriguing new study that calculates the influence of cloud behavior on climate doubles the number of potentially habitable…