Higher BMI, waist circumference are associated with increased risk of aggressive prostate cancer
A study of almost 150,000 men from 8 European countries, presented at this year's European Obesity Summit (Gothenburg, 1-4 June) shows that higher body...
How the Great Recession weighed on children
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers have found that increases in unemployment in California during the Great Recession were associated with an...
Doubling down on Schrödinger’s cat
Yale physicists have given Schrödinger's cat a second box to play in.Credit: Illustration by Michael S. Helfenbein/Yale University
Yale physicists have given Schrödinger's famous cat...
Dogs were domesticated not once, but twice… in different parts of the world, research...
Tame Grønlandshund in Upernavik, Greenland. Credit: Wikipedia
The question, 'Where do domestic dogs come from?', has vexed scholars for a very long time. Some argue...
How did Southeastern Mayan people overcome catastrophic eruption of Ilpango?
Topographic map of the Structure-5 of San Andrés site showing the excavation area with pictures of masonry architecture under the earthen architecture.Credit: Akira Ichikawa...
Differences in how ALS affects eye, limb muscles act as clue
In an effort to better understand what happens during Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), researchers at Umeå University in Sweden have compared the impact of...
The universe is expanding even faster than expected
This illustration shows the three steps astronomers used to measure the universe's expansion rate to an unprecedented accuracy, reducing the total uncertainty to 2.4...
‘Super Mario Brothers’ is harder than NP-hard
Completing a game of "Super Mario Brothers" can be hard -- very, very hard.
That's the conclusion of a new paper from researchers at MIT,...
Women with migraines have higher risk of cardiovascular disease, mortality
Women diagnosed with migraines have a slightly increased risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attacks and strokes, and are somewhat more likely...
Kodiak bears track salmon runs in Alaska
An Alaskan brown bear enjoys a salmon meal. Credit: Photo by Jonny Armstrong
A University of Montana graduate student's research on Alaskan brown bears and...
NASA satellite finds unreported sources of toxic air pollution
New research has detected smaller sulfur dioxide concentrations and sources around the world, including human-made sources such as medium-size power plants and oil-related activities.Credit:...
