Academics bemoan Google’s homogenization of information
Google’s search algorithms are increasingly being cited in mainstream media for the wrong reasons and now a new research paper…
High protein low GI diet wins weight loss test
Which diet is the most effective for shedding weight? According to Danish researchers who have just completed the world’s largest…
Cloud confusion vexes global warming predictions
Estimates of global warming vary widely in large part due to the difficulty of modeling clouds and their effects in…
New test estimates age from blood sample
Using measures of T cell diversity, scientists from Erasmus MC University in the Netherlands have devised a test that estimates…
More of oxytocin’s effects revealed
New experiments with oxytocin – known as the love hormone because of its importance in bonding between romantic partners and…
Physicists grapple with limits to spookiness
Physicists say they have found an equation which shows that non-locality and uncertainty, the two defining properties of quantum physics,…
DoD-funded study pooh-poohs rare earth shortage
At current consumption rates, known deposits of rare earth elements (REE) in the United States are sufficient for 1,300 years,…
Chaos computing researcher touts new silicon “chaogate”
Seeking to exploit the vast pattern formation properties of chaotic systems, a team of chaos computing researchers has created a…
Consumers’ brains muddled by zero
Why does a one percent credit card interest rate appear more attractive to consumers than a zero percent rate? A…
Vitamin D brouhaha gets heavy
While public health professionals continue to argue about whether current federal standards for vitamin D intake are too low, a…
Revealed! The elegant physics of cat lapping
The gravity-defying grace and exquisite balance of our feline friends extends to the way they lap-up their milk; which MIT,…
Paracetamol use linked to asthma and male infertility
New evidence has emerged that the use of paracetamol and other painkillers during pregnancy may be part of the reason…
Animal kingdom’s testicle king revealed
UK researchers at the University of Derby and University of Cambridge believe they have found which species has the largest…
Nanogenerator powers conventional electronics
Electronic gadgets that don’t require charging are a step closer after the successful demonstration of a nanoscale generator that produces…
Religious ritual drives natural selection
A centuries-old religious ceremony carried out in a southern Mexican cave has led to evolutionary changes in a species of…
Obesity to affect at least 42 percent of adults, say Harvard researchers
Mathematical models of social contagion suggest that America’s obesity epidemic won’t plateau until at least 42 percent of adults are…
Holographic video transmitted via Ethernet
Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a holographic system that can transmit a series of 3D images in…
BPA levels in US foods assessed for first time
Concerns over the gender-bending effects of plastic food packaging may be overstated, according to a new study in the Environmental…
Evergreen agriculture emerges as Africa’s key to food security
Crop production occurring under a full canopy of trees sounds counter-intuitive, but a unique acacia known as a “fertilizer tree”…
Modern concerns echoed in ancient papyrus
Miracle medical cures, religious confusion and monetary safeguards. These were the topics that weighed on the minds of ancient Egyptians,…
Noise doubles heart disease risk
A persistently noisy workplace more than doubles an employee’s risk of serious heart disease, suggest new findings in the journalOccupational…
Gender-bending pollutants’ impact quantified
A four year study from the UK has shown that the effects of hormone-like pollutants are very damaging to fish…
New Arctic shipping routes will accelerate warming
As the Arctic Ocean warms and ice-packs retreat, new routes will open up which will likely prove irresistible to shipping…
Love the pain away
Passionate, intense feelings of love can provide amazingly effective pain relief, claims a new Stanford University School of Medicine study…
Depression caused by brain inflammation?
Chronic depression is an adaptive, reparative neurobiological process gone wrong, say two University of California, San Diego, researchers. They suggest…
One-way Mars missions mooted
Fancy watching the sun rise over Olympus Mons? Or perhaps taking a stroll across the vast plains of the Vastitas…
Uh-oh, placebo
Modern medicine is based on what is considered the strongest possible evidence: the placebo-controlled trial. But placebos vary widely in…
New optics capture exoplanet 63 million light years distant
New optical technology has allowed an international team of astronomers to obtain images of the exoplanet known as Beta Pictoris…
Lighten up to get heavy
Exposure to light at night may lead to weight gain, even without changes in food intake and physical activity levels,…