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Brain and Brawn : Higher Intelligence Improves Physical Performance

18/08/2015

New research reveals a distinct association between male intelligence in early adulthood and their subsequent midlife physical performance....

The Internet Told Me! Wikipedia Research Subject to Information Sabotage

17/08/2015

When researching acid rain, evolution, and climate change -- cast a critical eye on source material...

Spots or Stripes? Why Animal Camouflage is WRONG

13/08/2015

Stripes might not offer protection for animals living in groups, such as zebra, as previously thought....

Are you Ready for 11 Billion? World Population – Soon.

12/08/2015

The primary driver of global population growth is a projected increase in the population of Africa. ...

Love Hurts, Especially for Women

09/08/2015

Women experience more emotional pain following a breakup, but they also more fully recover....

Lose Weight Fast, Barbecue Yourself Slim

07/08/2015

The metabolism of the fat samples, the makeup of the fat cells and the patients' resting metabolic rates were measured....

Dopey Olds and their Role in Child Development

06/08/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”A/dropcapcting like a witless idiot whilst looking after your children gives a positive boost to their development. Which is why new parents...

You Can Go Your Own Way (But You Won’t). Social Behaviour and Majority Rule

01/08/2015

The more diversity there is in behaviour, the more likely people are to copy the majority....

Sleep Tight, Make Memories Bright

29/07/2015

The beneficial impact of sleep on memory is well established, and the act of sleeping is known to help us remember the things that we did, or heard, the previous day...

Well-preserved or Just Pickled? Old Age and Harmful Drinking

26/07/2015

Harmful drinking in later life is more prevalent among people who exhibit a lifestyle associated with affluence and with a 'successful' ageing process...

Phobic? Learn Something New For Fear Management

24/07/2015

It is not only important to break the links between environmental cues and fear, but also to substitute new learning about safety for further fear management....

goby by Carole Baldwin and Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Institution

Meet the Deepwater Goby Fish that Science Missed

22/07/2015

By thoroughly investigating reef ecosystems that lie just below shallow coral reefs, describing new species, documenting depth ranges of new and known species, we are providing the baseline...

Too Much Telly Gets Your Toddler… Bullied?!

19/07/2015

The toddler 's TV watching habits were reported by their parents and their victimization in grade 6 was self-reported by the children themselves....

Do YOU cover up your cat’s Kill Count?

02/07/2015

Cat owners do not accept that cats are a threat to wildlife, and oppose management strategies...

The Neural Pathway to Deep Sleep : Discovered

01/07/2015

Scientists identify a calcium channel essential for deep sleep ...

Iron : Supernova Stardust or Bacteria Burps?

27/06/2015

Ancient microbes were respiring iron just like we respire oxygen. It's a hard thing to wrap your head around...

Fire and Bristone. Delving the Earth’s Sulphur Core

17/06/2015

For millennia, tales have been told of the underworld being awash with fire and brimstone. Now at least, we can be sure of the brimstone. ...

It’s not flab, it’s hormones! (Or lack thereof)

16/06/2015

Turning off the Cupcake neurons makes the fruit flies "feel" hungry...

Fewer Handguns, Fewer Handgun Homicides. Proving the Obvious

14/06/2015

Passing a background check in order to purchase a handgun was associated with a 40 percent reduction in firearm-related homicide rate...

Unto the Breach. Strategic Flooding and Warcraft

13/06/2015

Strategic flooding is a highly risky tactic. It can only be successful if there's a well-thought-out backup plan and a plan for fast repairs...

Can You Handle Every Virus You Ever Had?

08/06/2015

On average, participants had been exposed to about 10 viral species over their lifetimes...

Dr. Dhanisha Jhaveri The University of Queensland

Learning, Memory, Mood: Different Neurons for Different Functions

01/06/2015

University of Queensland researchers have identified two types of stem cells in the hippocampus, a region of the brain crucial for learning and memory....

Three Months Statutory? Songbirds and Eggsitting

16/05/2015

Songbirds balance longevity against the risk of their eggs being eaten by predators...

One Man’s Perfectionist is Another Man’s Picky Git

15/05/2015

How the three types of perfectionists differ in their social behavior and the type of humor they engage in....

Flowers traced to Paleolithic burial site

13/05/2015

The most plausible hypothesis is that complete flowers were placed on the tomb...

Image by Jakob Helbig University of Copenhagen.

Catching Rays to Save Sunlight

12/05/2015

Regardless of method, when you store energy there is a theoretical limit to the energy density.... And then there is reality. ...

(Badly) Analysing The Evolution of Pop Music With SCIENCE

06/05/2015

It's exciting to be able to study the evolution of popular music scientifically. But now we want to go further, and find out not just how the music has changed, but why....