Science is dominated by the 1%
Photo: snapshot from the Wolf of Wall Street. I'm not referring to the world's billionaire elite, but...
Most left-handed males are born during the winter
Photo: littleanswer.com Researchers at the School of Psychology, University of Vienna surveyed 13000 adults from Austria...
Part of the brain subjectively encodes information related to human emotions
Primates are among a couple of mammals that have a dedicated system for processing faces, something that involves a lot...
Teleportation is possible, and is already a reality at the quantum scale
A myriad of optical elements employed by the dutch researchers.Photo: TUDelft When people think of teleportation,...
Excition fission model could vastly improve solar cell efficiency
Troy Van Voorhis, professor of chemistry (left), and Marc Baldo, professor of electrical engineering (right). Photo:...
Dogs to help children improve their reading skills
Wonderful companions. Check. Reliable and intelligent. Check. A cure for loneliness. Check. Wonderful reading tutors? Acoording to recent research all...
Echolocation: a new chance for the blind?
As much as technology has improved, the blind still struggle with many of the problems they faced say, 1000 years...
How global warming made Scotland’s sheep shrink
Each of us can easily feel the effects of global warming especially now when we practically melt in our homes....
New chemical element in the Periodic Table!
Were you one of those students who used to complain about all those chemical elements you had to study at...
Komodo dragons are venomous
The Komodo dragon is definitely one of the most impressive and dangerous creatures to roam the Earth. Reaching 3 metres...
Did sauropods walk with their necks upright?
They could get as long as 40 metres and as heavy as 100 tons, making the earth shake literally as...
Why some people never forget a face while others can’t even remember who you are
Have you ever felt insignificant because someone didn't remember your face (not to mention your name)? Have you ever freaked...
In Madrid and Barcelona cocaine is in the air
It's quite impossible not to be aware of the fact that someone is smoking marijuana somewhere around you because of...
Is it possible to inherit happiness?
So here it is: a new study comes to show that the way we feel throughout our lives may determine...
Salamaders show that being different means staying alive
Remember when we were kids and everyone picked on the ones who looked peculiar in a way or another starting...
World’s first genome transplant – a step forward towards creating synthetic life forms
Once the first transplant was conducted the entire history stated to change and since then science has broken a lot...
Earth Day 2009 – don’t let it be just another day!
In case you didn't know, today is Earth Day and this year we are celebrating it for the 39th time....
Body odour – now essential for online dating!
So, you've been talking with him/her on the Internet for the last four months: personality? check. sense of humor? check....
Touch and sight – more connected than previously thought
What you see may be very much related to what you've just felt. Even though we were taught at school...
Cleaning products give birth to deadly antibiotics-resistant bugs
Disinfectants, all kinds of shampoos, fabric softeners...we love them , we use them and then they go down the drain....