Drinking beer helps us see happy faces faster
What does drinking beer really do? A new study has shown that drinking beer affects the way we see specific emotions and allows us...
Parkinson’s disease protein plays vital ‘marshalling’ role in healthy brains
The study suggests that alpha-synuclein acts as a bond between cellular transporters in healthy brains, regulating their flow and therefore controlling the signalling process....
Neuroscience study supports 200-year old art theory
A pilot study from a group of Dutch scientists implies that being told that an image is an artwork automatically changes our response, both...
Acidity in atmosphere minimised to preindustrial levels
The ice is drilled in Greenland and Antarctica and is transported back home to the laboratory where it is prepared and made ready the...
Reptilian anachronism: American alligator older than we thought
"If we could step back in time 8 million years, you'd basically see the same animal crawling around then as you would see today...
Hubble finds a lenticular galaxy standing out in the crowd
A lone source shines out brightly from the dark expanse of deep space, glowing softly against a picturesque backdrop of distant stars and colorful...
Fish lose their unique personality when they go to ‘school’
Dr Christos Ioannou and his colleagues from the School of Biological Sciences tested three-spined sticklebacks (the UK's smallest freshwater fish) alone and in groups...
Arctic Sea Ice Annual Minimum Ties Second Lowest on Record
The 2016 Arctic sea ice summertime minimum, reached on Sept. 10, is 911,000 square miles below the 1981-2010 average minimum sea ice extent, shown...
NASA’s IceBridge Observes Effects of Summer Melt on Greenland Ice Sheet
NASA's IceBridge, an airborne survey of polar ice, flew over the Helheim/Kangerdlugssuaq region of Greenland on Sept. 11, 2016. This photograph from the flight...
High-calcium, low-lactose diet may reduce risk of ovarian cancer in African-American women
Research from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and and other U.S. health and academic institutions shows a diet high in calcium and low...
Brain benefits of aerobic exercise lost to mercury exposure
Cognitive function improves with aerobic exercise, but not for people exposed to high levels of mercury before birth, according to research funded by the...
