Female meerkats compete to outgrow their sisters
Kalahari meerkats can be habituated to close observation by humans, so it is possible to train them to climb onto electronic balances with small...
New concept turns battery technology upside-down
A new concept for a flow battery functions like an old hourglass or egg timer, with particles (in this case carried as a slurry)...
Close encounters of a tidal kind could lead to cracks on icy moons
NASA's New Horizons captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto's moon Charon, showing the crack on the icy moon. It was taken just...
How brain connects memories across time
UCLA neuroscientists artificially stimulated neurons to help the aging brain recapture connections between related memories. Credit: UCLA/Silva Lab
Using a miniature microscope that opens a...
Transplanting healthy stool might be an answer to ulcerative colitis
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) -- a treatment currently used to address recurring Clostridium difficile infection -- is also an effective approach to helping individuals...
Workaholism tied to psychiatric disorders
A large national Norwegian study shows that workaholism frequently co-occurs with ADHD, OCD, anxiety, and depression.
Researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway have...
Harnessing the ‘Natural Killer’ within us to fight cancer
Our bodies are constantly and successfully fighting off the development of cells that lead to tumours -- but when there is disruption to this...
New research maps in unique detail the devastation of the Black Death on medieval...
Areas of the UK heavily affected by the Black DeathAntiquity/University of Lincoln
An innovative new archaeological study has revealed in detail for the first time...
Study shows how air pollution fosters heart disease
Air pollution monitors were deployed in more than 1,500 locations within the six different metro areas. In addition to air pollution data from state...
Depression lowers women’s chances of pregnancy, study finds
Credit: © Tatiana Vdb / Flickr
Women with severe depressive symptoms have a decreased chance of becoming pregnant, while the use of psychotropic medications does...
Human-eating monster crocodile may be Florida’s newest invasive species
Nile crocodile. Nile crocodiles, Crocodylus niloticus, were responsible for at least 480 attacks on people and 123 fatalities in Africa between 2010 and 2014.Credit:...
