Anthropologists could shed new light on the earliest existence of humans. The study analyzed the…
Month: May 2013
Individual and small-chain restaurant meals exceed recommended daily calorie needs
Researchers analyzed meals from independent and small-chain restaurants, which account for approximately 50% of the…
Salt levels in food still dangerously high
The dangerously high salt levels in processed food and fast food remain unchanged, despite numerous…
Higher child marriage rates associated with higher maternal and infant mortality
Countries in which girls are commonly married before the age of 18 have significantly higher…
Prehistoric ear bones could lead to evolutionary answers
The tiniest bones in the human body — the bones of the middle ear —…
Brain frontal lobes not sole center of human intelligence, comparative research suggests
Human intelligence cannot be explained by the size of the brain’s frontal lobes, say researchers….
Master regulator that drives majority of lymphoma discovered
A soon-to-be-tested class of drug inhibitors were predicted to help a limited number of patients…
New method of finding planets scores its first discovery
Detecting alien worlds presents a significant challenge since they are small, faint, and close to…
Receptor proteins could hold clues to antibiotic resistance in MRSA
Scientists have identified four new proteins that act as receptors for an essential signalling molecule…
Fish oil doesn’t seem to help age-related macular degeneration
A large-scale study of age-related macular degeneration suggests fish oil supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids…