Climate change could trigger tropical evacuations, researchers advise
The map above, contained in the Hsiang-Sobel paper, reflects a logarithm calculating the minimum distance an organism must travel to maintain the average temperature...
Lighting color affects sleep and wakefulness
A research team from Oxford University have shown how different colours of light could affect our ability to sleep.
The researchers, led by Dr Stuart...
Our brain activity could be nudged to make healthier choices
Our brain activity could be nudged in the direction of making more healthy choices, say scientists. Credit: © Electrolux Design Lab/ Flickr
Netflix binge-watching versus...
Diet lacking in zinc is detrimental to human, animal health
As the trace element zinc only exists in small amounts in an organism, it has to be consumed by way of nutrition. (Photo: Flickr/fdecomite)
The...
In the brain, one area sees familiar words as pictures, another sounds out words
Skilled readers can quickly recognize words when they read because the word has been placed in a visual dictionary of sorts which functions separately...
Researchers map mosquitoes that transmit Zika, Dengue by county
This map shows counties where Aedes aegypti was reported between Jan. 1, 1995, and March 2016. Counties shown in yellow had records for one...
New support for human evolution in grasslands
Humans are believed to have evolved in east Africa, as the landscape changed from forest to grassland. Here, children cross the Turkwel River in...
New tool to track impact of climate change on heritage sites
A new tool will enable conservation experts to monitor the impact of climate change on the fabric of historic buildings and other heritage sites...
Greenland sets melt records in 2015 consistent with ‘Arctic amplification’
Study recorded record melts in Greenland. Credit: Professor Edward Hanna of the University of Sheffield
Following record-high temperatures and melting records that affected northwest Greenland...
Old World metals traded on Alaska coast hundreds of years before contact with Europeans
Two leaded bronze artifacts found in northwestern Alaska are the first evidence that metal from Asia reached prehistoric North America prior to contact with...
Mediterranean diet high in healthy fat does not lead to weight gain, according to...
Focus on low-fat diets and lack of differentiation between healthy and unhealthy fat has led to 'paradoxical policies' about healthy eating.
Eating a non-calorie restricted...
