Tag: science
Oldest human-like hand bone may help us understand the evolution of...
John McNabb, University of Southampton
It may not have quite have the same wow factor as a skull, but the discovery of a pinkie bone...
A melting Arctic demands more – not less – research on...
Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University
The Arctic is melting rapidly. Who cares? Anyone who is concerned about the rising price of food, lives near the coast,...
Hummingbird tongues are tiny pumps that spring open to draw in...
Alejandro Rico-Guevara, University of Connecticut and Kristiina Hurme, University of Connecticut
Hummingbirds live life at incomprehensible speeds. Their flight acrobatics are amazing, maneuvering more like...
Our ‘Rosetta Stone’ gene could unlock the secrets of schizophrenia
Kevin Fox, Cardiff University
Schizophrenia affects around 1% of the global population and can cause paranoia, hallucinations and a breakdown in patients' thought processes, with...
Damaging electric currents in space affect Earth’s equatorial region, not just...
Damaging electric currents in space affect Earth's equatorial region, not just the poles
Brett Carter, Boston College and Alexa Halford, Dartmouth College
The Earth’s magnetic field...
Shift work causes breast cancer in mice, according to a new...
Shift work causes breast cancer in mice, according to a new study – so what does this mean for humans?
Richard Stevens, University of Connecticut
A...
Fossils suggest an aquatic plant that bloomed underwater was…
Fossils suggest an aquatic plant that bloomed underwater was among first flowering plants
David Dilcher, Indiana University, Bloomington
Photosynthesis – the ability to convert energy...
Play linked to sluggish growth in infant monkeys – but should...
Phyllis Lee, University of Stirling
For more than a century, researchers have tried to pin down exactly why so many animal species play in their...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
