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)…
Graphene stress produces gigantic pseudo-magnetic fields
Researchers have reported the creation of pseudo-magnetic fields far stronger than the strongest magnetic fields ever sustained in a laboratory…
Primates on The Pill find it hard to pull
Hormonal contraceptives change the ways in which captive ring-tailed lemurs relate to one another sexually, leading Duke University researchers to…
Mad cow disease… sans cow!
In a startling new study, scientists have shown for the first time that abnormal prions – fragments of infectious protein…
HIV preventative effect too small to justify circumcision, claims new study
Previous research carried out in Africa indicated circumcision to be effective in limiting the spread of HIV, but a new…
Finally! Something that eats jellyfish
Jellyfish have few predators and the increasing incidence of ocean “dead zones” around the world has seen jellyfish populations explode…
Stroke me, baby! Touching body-parts can prevent stroke, suggests study
The most common type of stroke can be completely prevented in rats by stimulating a single whisker; say researchers from…
Acoustic fabric functions as speaker and microphone
MIT researchers have announced a new milestone on the path to functional fibers: acoustic threads that can both detect and…
Clever cats use mimicry when hunting
In a fascinating example of vocal mimicry, researchers have documented for the first time a margay wild cat (Leopardus wiedii)…
Alzheimer’s breakthrough: A chemical to make brain cells grow
“It was blind luck,” say the researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern (UTS) who discovered a chemical that makes…
Cougar sex drive an evolutionary adaptation
As a woman’s fertility begins to wane, the brain ramps up the libido in what researchers call “reproduction expediting,” an…
Romantic rejection triggers reward and addiction centers in the brain
The pain and anguish of rejection by a romantic partner trigger activity in the parts of the brain associated with…
Adult testicular function affected by exposure in womb to BPA
Low-level exposure in the womb to the plastic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) can harm testicular function into adulthood, according to…
Super-high pressures used to create super “battery”
Using pressures similar to those found deep in the Earth, researchers from Washington State University have created a compact, never-before-seen…
Hair-strands record travels
Bottled water, soda, or micro brew-beer contain a natural chemical imprint related to geographic location, say researchers reporting their findings…