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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,...
Smoke from 2015 Indonesian fires may have caused 100,000 premature deaths
In the fall of 2015, hazardous levels of smoke from agricultural fires blanketed much of Equatorial Asia. Schools and businesses closed, planes were grounded...
Nano-scale Canadian flag sets world record in lead-up to nation’s 150th birthday
The Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo set a world record for creating a Canadian flag measuring about one one-hundredth the...
Ancient skeleton discovered on Antikythera Shipwreck
Archaeologists Brendan Foley, Theotokis Theodoulou and Alex Tourtas excavate the Antikythera Shipwreck skeletal remains, assisted by Nikolas Giannoulakis and Gemma Smith.Credit: Photo by Brett...
Shedding light on Pluto’s glaciers
The polar cap of "Sputnik Planum," in false colors, is surrounded by mountains which have been eroded and shaped by the glacial activity. The...
Heatwaves in the ocean: Risk to ecosystems?
Kelp forests are a unique habitat that suffers under heat stress.Credit: © usoceangov / Flickr
Did you know that heatwaves not only occur on land,...
