Home 2016
Yearly Archives: 2016
NASA analysis finds July 2016 is warmest on record
July 2016 was the warmest July in 136 years of modern record-keeping, according to a monthly analysis of global temperatures by scientists at NASA’s...
Scientists find a salty way to kill MRSA
Scientists have discovered a new way to attack Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. The team, from Imperial College London, has revealed how the bacteria regulates its...
An ancient Mayan Copernicus
The Preface of the Venus Table of the Dresden Codex, first panel on left, and the first three pages of the Table.Credit: Image courtesy...
Prenatal BPA exposure linked to anxiety and depression in boys
BPA is a component of some plastics and is found in food containers, plastic water bottles, dental sealants, and thermal receipt paper. In the...
Methane leaks: A new way to find and fix in real time
Aerial view of a plume of methane leaking from an underground pipeline, as seen with the help of a unique imaging spectrometer that operates...
Season and region of birth linked to heightened childhood celiac disease risk
Circulating viral infections may help explain the temporal and geographical patterns associated with the risk of developing childhood celiac disease, conclude Swedish researchers in...
Sea ice strongly linked to climate change in past 90,000 years
The single celled algae, diatoms, can be seen using Scanning Electron Microscopy. It can take up to a year to clean a sample enough...
Elbows of extinct marsupial lion suggest unique hunting style
Reconstruction of Thylacoleo. Credit: Mauricio Antón
Scientists from the Universities of Bristol and Málaga have proposed that the long extinct marsupial lion hunted in a...
Study finds taller people are more politically conservative
If you want to predict which political party someone will support, take note of the person’s height.
The taller a person is, the more likely...
Scientists find the brain’s generosity center
Scientists have identified part of our brain that helps us learn to be good to other people.
Credit: © micahe / Flickr
Scientists from Oxford University...
Fifth force of nature? Light particle may be key to understanding dark matter in...
"If confirmed by further experiments, this discovery of a possible fifth force would completely change our understanding of the universe," says UCI professor of...
