Your brain cells may be making you brave
Sao Paulo-- Ever wondered why some people comfortably walk between skyscrapers on a high-wire while others freeze on the mere thought of climbing off...
Genes have over 60% influence on academic success: Study
New York-- Genetic factors account for about 60 per cent of academic success, even after accounting for intelligence, finds a study.
For many years, research...
Google launches new Search engine for scientific community
San Francisco-- Google on Thursday launched a new search engine for the scientific community that will help them make sense of millions of datasets...
San Francisco unlikely to be epicenter of big quake: Indian seismologist
By K.S. Jayaraman
Last month's occurrence of 70 earthquakes in just 48 hours along the "Pacific Ring of Fire" sparked fears that a big temblor...
Monster galaxy located 12.4 billion light-years away spotted
Tokyo-- Astronomers have obtained the most detailed anatomy chart of a monster galaxy located 12.4 billion light-years away, using Chile's Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array...
How are elephants protected from cancer?
New York-- Researchers have identified a "zombie" gene that protects elephants from cancer, a finding that may also pave way for a new treatment...
Water has new molecular properties: Scientists
New York-- US scientists have predicted a fundamental asymmetry in the mechanism of water, which had previously gone unnoticed.
For nearly a century, it was...
Why Homo Erectus went extinct: Laziness
Sydney-- Laziness could explain the reason why Homo Erectus -- a species of primitive humans -- went extinct, a new research has shown.
The findings, based...
What if people from different cultures and economic backgrounds have different brain wiring?
By Bill Ibelle
News at Northeastern
For decades, scientists have assumed that the brain circuitry for social behavior has developed over millions of years of evolution...
Earth at risk of falling into irreversible greenhouse state
Sydney-- The Earth is at risk of falling into an irreversible greenhouse state due to global warming, which would make several regions of the...