A study of the age of more than 1 million single-letter variations in the human…
Month: November 2012
Relative length of adults’ fingers indicator of verbal aggression: Prenatal exposure to testosterone linked
A new study links verbal aggression to prenatal testosterone exposure. Scientists used the 2D:4D measure…
Findings support safety of whooping cough vaccine for older adults
A new study of the safety of the tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine supports the recommendation that…
Increasing poverty in older age will lead to adverse health outcomes, experts say
Many people will be much poorer than they had expected in their older age and…
Making music together connects brains
Anyone who has ever played in an orchestra will be familiar with the phenomenon: the…
Short-term exposure to essential oils lowers blood pressure and heart rate… but only when exposure is less than one hour
The scents which permeate our health spas from aromatic essential oils may provide more benefits…
Other Risks from Automatic Replies
We discussed last week the risks that out-of-office notifications pose for organizations – namely, that…
Other Risks from Automatic Replies
We discussed last week the risks that out-of-office notifications pose for organizations – namely, that…
Human disturbances keep elk on high alert
Researchers have discovered that elk are more frequently and more easily disturbed by human behavior…
Kerosene lamps identified as big source of black carbon
Kerosene lamps, the primary source of light for more than a billion people in developing…