Microbes, sponges, and worms — the side effects of pollution and heavy fishing — are…
Month: August 2012
Researchers unlock secret of the rare ‘twinned rainbow’
Scientists have yet to fully unravel the mysteries of rainbows, but a group of researchers…
Black drink: Evidence of ritual use of caffeinated brew at Cahokia
People living 700 to 900 years ago in Cahokia, a massive settlement near the confluence…
Researchers peek at the early evolution of sex chromosomes
Two new studies offer insight into sex chromosome evolution by focusing on papaya, a multimillion…
Generic language helps fuel stereotypes
Hearing generic language to describe a category of people, such as “boys have short hair,”…
Epilepsy drug reverses memory loss in animal model of Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists have discovered that an FDA-approved anti-epileptic drug reverses memory loss and alleviates other Alzheimer’s-related…
Major breakthrough in macular degeneration
Researchers have made an exciting finding in the “dry” form of age-related macular degeneration known…
Correlation between injection wells and small earthquakes discovered
Most earthquakes in the Barnett Shale region of north Texas occur within a few miles…
Limits of microbial life in an undersea volcano: Third of Earth’s organisms live in rock and sediments
By some estimates, a third of the Earth’s organisms by mass live in our planet’s…
Possible muscle disease therapeutic target found
The study of muscular system protein myostatin has been of great interest to researchers as…