The Internet and your brain are more alike than you think
Although we spend a lot of our time online nowadays—streaming music and video, checking email and social media, or obsessively reading the news—few of...
Poor and less educated suffer the most from chronic pain
People with lower levels of education and wealth don't just have more pain, they also have more severe pain.Image credit:Flickr/Julian K.
Poorer and less-educated...
Dwarf star 200 light-years away contains life’s building blocks
This artist's concept shows a massive, comet-like object falling toward a white dwarf. New Hubble Space Telescope findings are evidence for a belt of...
Most stretchable elastomer for 3-D printing
This is a 3-D printed conductive buckyball that works as an electric switch.Credit: Courtesy of Dinesh K. Patel
Due to its excellent material properties of...
Scientists make new high-tech liquid materials
Dr Horst Punzmann (left) and Professor Michael Shats in the lab. Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU
Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have controlled wave-generated...
Infants recognize surprise in others before age 2
Image Credit: Flickr/stefan koopmans
Infants as young as 20 months of age expect adults to display surprise when discovering a false belief, according to a...
Research reveals novel quantum state in strange insulating materials
Researchers from Brown University have shown experimentally how a unique form of magnetism arises in an odd class of materials called Mott insulators. The...
Astronomers find faintest early galaxies yet, probe how the early universe lit up
Galaxy Cluster MACS 0416. Credit: University of Texas at Austin
Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new technique to discover...
Naps may help preschoolers learn, study finds
Research has shown that naps play an important role in sustaining new learning in infants. A new study from the University of Arizona suggests...
Older adults who exercise regularly may lower chances for severe mobility problems
Based on the proven health benefits of exercise for older adults, a team of researchers theorized that exercise might also help adults prevent or...
Breathing new life into ‘Great Oxidation Event’
During the 'Great Oxidation Event', oxygen concentrations in the atmosphere increased by as much as four orders of magnitude, near or above modern levels.Image...
