Science is dominated by the 1%
Photo: snapshot from the Wolf of Wall Street. I'm not referring to the world's billionaire elite, but to an exclusive group...
Most left-handed males are born during the winter
Photo: littleanswer.com Researchers at the School of Psychology, University of Vienna surveyed 13000 adults from Austria and Germany and found...
Part of the brain subjectively encodes information related to human emotions
Primates are among a couple of mammals that have a dedicated system for processing faces, something that involves a lot...
Teleportation is possible, and is already a reality at the quantum scale
A myriad of optical elements employed by the dutch researchers.Photo: TUDelft When people think of teleportation, inevitably a Star Trek...
Excition fission model could vastly improve solar cell efficiency
Troy Van Voorhis, professor of chemistry (left), and Marc Baldo, professor of electrical engineering (right). Photo: MIT The most basic...
Dogs to help children improve their reading skills
Wonderful companions. Check. Reliable and intelligent. Check. A cure for loneliness. Check. Wonderful reading tutors? Acoording to recent research all...
Echolocation: a new chance for the blind?
As much as technology has improved, the blind still struggle with many of the problems they faced say, 1000 years...
How global warming made Scotland’s sheep shrink
Each of us can easily feel the effects of global warming especially now when we practically melt in our homes....
New chemical element in the Periodic Table!
Were you one of those students who used to complain about all those chemical elements you had to study at...
Komodo dragons are venomous
The Komodo dragon is definitely one of the most impressive and dangerous creatures to roam the Earth. Reaching 3 metres...
Did sauropods walk with their necks upright?
They could get as long as 40 metres and as heavy as 100 tons, making the earth shake literally as...
Why some people never forget a face while others can’t even remember who you are
Have you ever felt insignificant because someone didn't remember your face (not to mention your name)? Have you ever freaked...
In Madrid and Barcelona cocaine is in the air
It's quite impossible not to be aware of the fact that someone is smoking marijuana somewhere around you because of...
Is it possible to inherit happiness?
So here it is: a new study comes to show that the way we feel throughout our lives may determine...
Salamaders show that being different means staying alive
Remember when we were kids and everyone picked on the ones who looked peculiar in a way or another starting...
World’s first genome transplant – a step forward towards creating synthetic life forms
Once the first transplant was conducted the entire history stated to change and since then science has broken a lot...
Earth Day 2009 – don’t let it be just another day!
In case you didn't know, today is Earth Day and this year we are celebrating it for the 39th time....
Touch and sight – more connected than previously thought
What you see may be very much related to what you've just felt. Even though we were taught at school...
Cleaning products give birth to deadly antibiotics-resistant bugs
Disinfectants, all kinds of shampoos, fabric softeners...we love them , we use them and then they go down the drain....
The mysterios green glow of the sea decoded
In the past the sea was considered a truly miraculous place especially as many phenomena seemed to have no logical...
Are chicks natural-born mathematicians?
Don't imagine a yellow, puffy golden chick doing complicated equations (as awesome as that would be) as it would be...
Crabs can feel pain and remember the experience, study shows
Probably the first thing to come to your mind when you hear about crabs is "tasty". However, a study comes...
SpongeBob helps scientists understand how toddlers think
Everyone having children or who has ever babysat at least for a couple of hours knows what an impossible task...
Surgical solution for out-of-control-blushing
Let's play a little imagination game: you are a renown professor of psychiatry at an important university and you are...
Basic emotions in music to be universally recognised
Nietzsche once said that "Without music, life would be an error" and he was definitely right as there are not...
Scientists to recreate the perfume worn by pharaoh Hatshepsut
An exquisite fragrance has always been considered to be a status symbol especially because of the difficulties encountered in order...
Is traffic exposure causing heart atacks?
The simple thought of being caught in a horn-honking traffic jam for a couple of hours is definitely a scary...
It’s a fact – humans can smell fear too!
Since early childhood we've been told that if we are afraid of a dog which has turned violent, our furry...
Is the Dead Sea going to die?
Whenever we hear something about the Dead Sea, we immediately think about the deepest point on Earth and, of course,...
Has our sense of morality evolved from disgust?
Our sense of morality has always been considered that something that separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom,...
Why doodling should be encouraged during boring meetings
Next time they'll catch you doodling during a boring meeting or class you will have a very good excuse for...
How dreams affect people’s judgment and behavior
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Back to the old, old times people believed dreams were messages sent from gods,...
Green visitor to pass through the solar system
Unfortunately for some, the green visitor is not an alien coming to greet us but something else, even though it...
Keeping a diary – the key to happiness?
Keeping a diary is not just something girls do when they break up with their boyfriends or don't get along...
Sexy photos make men perceive women as objects – literally
I am sure there are plenty of women there feeling frustrated because of the fact that many times they received...
Science proves material gifts may be the best
"Money can't buy happiness". I don't think there is a language that doesn't have at least one version of this...
Does media make the young start drinking?
That advertising can make people buy more alcohol is mostly understandable as this is the main role of a commercial....
Don’t smoke, it’s bad for your pet!
If you are a smoker you've definitely heard more arguments than you can count against keeping such a habit. However,...
Malaria to be defeated by starving parasite to death
It claims the life of a child every 30 seconds and about 40% of the entire world population is at...
Prehistoric snake shows what the word “gigantic” was created for
And when I say that snake was big that’s how it was- really BIG. It had the length of a...
Are party animals born this way?
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Tired of sitting in a corner at parties and spending most of your spare...
Women’s infidelity caused by high level of hormones
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Apparently, scientists have finally found the answer (or, at least part of it) to...
Infants detect the beat in music 2 days after birth
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The Stradivarius enigma – a matter of chemistry?
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Of mice and men…and similar smell preferences
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Not the kill, but the thrill is what video game players love
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Worried about friends who immerse themselves into violent video games all day long? Well,...
Mini-“submarine” will be able to combat cancer within 3 years
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The craziest futuristic ideas from movies seem to become reality one after another even...
The enigma of the Nazca trophy heads finally solved
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The enigma of the South American peoples who created the Nazca Lines and collected...
Not enough reasons to give up fatty food? Well, it disrupts your biological clock too!
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Honey bees on cocaine dance more
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A study conducted by entomology and neuroscience professor Gene Robinson from the University of...