Month: May 2009

New research suggests for the first time that frequent bouts of sporadic activity could be…

Despite advances in computer graphics, few people would think virtual characters or objects are real….

When stress increases blood pressure, a natural mechanism designed to bring it down by excreting…

The plant St John’s wort has both antidepressant properties and antioxidants that could help reduce…

Cell biologists have found a more filling substitute for caloric restriction in extending the life…

Swinging their arms helped participants in a new study solve a problem whose solution involved…

Europe prepares to launch the 1.9bn-euro Herschel and Planck observatories from the Kourou spaceport in…

Red List finds 12% of all known avians to be at risk