Scientists help solve mystery of why comets emit X-rays
The mystery of why comets travelling through Space give off X-ray emissions has been solved thanks to new research undertaken by a team that...
Where language pionieer Paul Broca and alien music meet
What might alien music sound like? Would it be structured hierarchically as our music is with verses and a chorus? Would we even be...
Earth may be approaching a carbon dioxide threshold for melting ice in the Arctic
It may not rank among the all-time greatest dramas, but the history of ice on Greenland has been a source of scientific controversy for...
Psychopaths’ disregard for others is not automatic
Psychopaths exhibit callous disregard for the welfare of others, suggesting an inability to understand the perspective of people around them. Yet they can also...
Genetic prehistory of Iberia differs from central and northern Europe
In a multidisciplinary study published in PNAS, an international team of researchers combined archaeological, genetic and stable isotope data to encapsulate 4000 years of Iberian...
Researchers computationally find the needle in a haystack to treat rare diseases
One in 10 people in America is fighting a rare disease, or a disorder that affects fewer than 200,000 Americans. Although there are more...
New research finds the brain is less flexible than we thought when learning
Nobody really knows how the activity in your brain reorganizes as you learn new tasks, but new research from Carnegie Mellon University and the...
Elephant declines imperil Africa’s forests
Poaching and habitat loss have reduced forest elephant populations in Central Africa by 63 percent since 2001. This widespread killing poses dire consequences not...
New diagnostic method makes testing for infections in people and animals quick and easy
Researchers in the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) have developed a fast, portable and inexpensive way to test humans and animals...
Humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba super-volcanic eruption about 74,000 years ago
Imagine a year in Africa that summer never arrives. The sky takes on a gray hue during the day and glows red at night....
Riding the (quantum magnetic) wave—Next-generation electronics one leap closer to reality
In 1991, University of Utah chemist Joel Miller developed the first magnet with carbon-based, or organic, components that was stable at room temperature. It...
