Month: September 2013

When we’re born, our brains aren’t very organized, but as we grow and learn, things…

Researchers have discovered that an antibody that binds and neutralizes HIV likely also targets the…

The state of New Hampshire experienced the largest increase in child poverty of any state…

Researchers have used a special type of microscope to discover how “check valves” in wood…

Higher calorie diets produce twice the rate of weight gain compared to the lower calorie…

Researchers have harnessed the natural defense mechanism of silkworms, which causes paralysis, in what is…

Geologists have shown how deep earthquakes can be simulated in the laboratory. The experiments were…

The explosion of animal life on Earth around 520 million years ago was the result…

If the development of our nervous system is disturbed, we risk developing serious neurological diseases,…

The bodies of mammals, including humans, respond to injury by releasing endogenous opioids — compounds…