Chemical exposure linked to lower vitamin D levels
Exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) and other endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may reduce levels of vitamin D in the bloodstream, according to a new study...
Do These Genes Make Me Lonely? Study Finds Loneliness is a Heritable Trait
Large human genetics study finds loneliness is a heritable trait associated with neuroticism and depressive symptoms, but no one gene is responsible.
Loneliness is linked...
Scientists Outline How Brain Separates Relevant & Irrelevant Information
NYU researchers offer a new theory, based on a computational model, on how the brain separates relevant from irrelevant information in these and other...
Feeding babies egg and peanut may prevent food allergy
Feeding babies egg and peanut may reduce their risk of developing an allergy to the foods, finds a new study.Credit: © deanwissing / Flickr
Feeding...
Newly discovered neural connections may be linked to emotional decision-making
MIT neuroscientists have identified tight connections between dopamine-producing cells of the substantia nigra (red) and neurons in the striatum (green). These connections, which show...
Studying: Is it bad for your health to pull an all-nighter?
A late night at the library, copious amounts of energy drinks or coffee and class notes from the last month; surely you'll be able...
Earthquakes, ‘Mars-quakes,’ and the possibility of life
These pseudotachylites -- fine grained rocks -- are from the British Isles.Credit: Image courtesy of Yale University
A new study shows that rocks formed by...
What causes mass panic in emergency situations?
The researchers could watch in a top-down view the 36 participants passing through a bottleneck during a simple evacuation situation. Each pedestrian was controlled...
Disputed Neandertal region confirmed in France
Châtelperronian body ornaments and bone points from the Grotte du Renne in Arcy-sur-Cure.Credit: © Marian Vanhaeren
Researchers from the University of York have helped to...
Math study shows our brains are far more adaptable than we know
Number processing.Credit: Image courtesy of Johns Hopkins University
Human babies and even animals have a basic number sense that many believe evolves from seeing the...
Breakthrough in salt-tolerance in plants research
University of Adelaide researchers have made a breakthrough in investigating salt tolerance in plants which could lead to new salt tolerant varieties of crops,...
