A new study suggests that a nanoemulsion form of vitamin D3 may offer measurable improvements in language abilities, social IQ, and autism severity in children…
Jul 31, 2025
Chinese researchers have unveiled a powerful new tool for Earth observation: a 30-meter resolution Landsat composite data cube covering every year from 1985 to…
Jul 29, 2025
Recent scientific research reveals that certain edible and medicinal fungi contain powerful bioactive compounds that could transform treatment approaches for central nervous system (CNS) disorders.
May 12, 2025
In 2001, the famous herpetologist Joseph B. Slowinski died from snakebite by an immature black-and-white banded krait, while leading an expedition team in northern Myanmar.
Apr 6, 2021
After sequencing the Neanderthal genome, scientists discovered all present day non-African individuals carry some Neanderthal ancestry in their DNA.
Jan 31, 2020
Ever since humans domesticated the dog, the faithful animal has provided its owner with companionship and emotional well-being.
Jan 8, 2020
With the use of ultra-high-speed videography, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Associate Professor Emanuel Azizi and colleagues from Occidental College Los Angeles have shed light on the hunting mechanism of the cone snail Conus catus.
Aug 29, 2019
Research finds that people with substance-use problems who read a message describing addiction as a disease are less likely to report wanting to engage in effective therapies, compared to those who read a message that addiction behaviors are subject to change.
May 29, 2019
A new study has found that the longer older women sit or lay down during the course of a day—and the longer the individual periods of uninterrupted sitting—the greater their risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke.
Feb 20, 2019
This fossilized spiraling shark tooth is from the Helicoprion, an unusual shark that lived during the Permian.
Dec 10, 2018
A daily dose of baking soda may help reduce the destructive inflammation of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, scientists say.
Apr 25, 2018
Cyber thieves who steal credit and debit card numbers are making millions of dollars in profits, fueling a global criminal enterprise marked by the high-profile data breaches of major companies such as Target and Home Depot.
Feb 16, 2016
Geneticists from the University of Leicester have discovered that millions of modern Asian men are descended from 11 powerful dynastic leaders who lived up to 4,000 years ago - including Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan.
Mar 9, 2015
Laboratory analysis of chicken nuggets from two major fast-food chains found they contained between 40 and 50 percent meat, the remainder being fat, skin, connective tissue, blood vessels, nerves and bone fragments.
Oct 8, 2013
