More Stories
Toddlers prefer winners -- but avoid those who win by force
(Aarhus University) Toddlers aged just 1 1/2 years prefer individuals whom other people yield to. It appears to be deeply rooted in human nature to seek out those with the highest social status. This motive might have evolved because being close to h...
Cuba's "Sonic Attack" on the U.S. Embassy Could Have Been Merely Sounds Emitted by a Listening Device
A Penn bioengineer disputes a recent New York Times report suggesting microwaves accounted for what occurred at the U.S. embassy in Havana-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
This is how the brain forgets on purpose
(Ruhr-University Bochum) Researchers have analysed what happens in the brain when humans want to voluntarily forget something. They identified two areas of the brain -- the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus -- whose activity patterns are characte...
Exercise, Eat Well, Help Others: Altruism's Surprisingly Strong Health Impact
The benefits of giving rather than receiving are more than just spiritual-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coal plant offsets with carbon capture means covering 89 percent of the US in forests
(Michigan Technological University) Researchers found that using bio-sequestration to capture carbon produced by US coal-fired plants even after carbon capture and storage would require using 62 percent of the nation's arable land for that proce...
Exeter's new microscope technology examines cells in even greater detail
(University of Exeter) A new system capable of probing microscopic environments inside cells has been installed at the University of Exeter's Bioimaging Centre.
Stress wracks worm nerves, leaving lasting memories
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Scientists stunted the puberty of male worms by starving them before they underwent sexual maturation. In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, the scientists suggested that...
ANA Holdings partners with Japan’s space agency on ‘Avatar X’ telepresence program
An artist’s conception shows the site plan for the Avatar X lab planned in Japan’s Oita prefecture. (Clouds Architecture Office)
Telepresence robots on the moon and Mars? That’s the vision laid out for the partnership between ANA Holdings, the parent...
To Find Alien Life, NASA Needs Bigger, Bolder Exoplanet-Hunting Telescopes
A new, prestigious report charts an ambitious future for the space agency’s burgeoning search for Earth 2.0-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
ICESat-2 scientists to investigate icy mysteries
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) ICESat-2 scientists to investigate icy mysteriessoon after NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, launches on Sept. 15 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, it will start collect...