Spraying a plant hormone on broccoli — already one of the planet’s most nutritious foods…
Month: October 2013
Warning against Wi-Fi in cars: Drivers will be too distracted even if devices are voice-operated, study shows
Plans to provide high-speed Internet access in vehicles, announced last month in North America could…
Recession’s after-effects could lead to cheating and workplace theft suggests new study
We like to think we’d stick to our ethical principles no matter what. But when…
Birds on repeat: Do birdwatchers playbacks hurt fowl?
Using the emphatic sounds of two bird species in Ecuador, a researcher has — for…
Taking guns away from mentally ill won’t eliminate mass shootings, psychiatrist argues
A string of public mass shootings during the past decade-plus have rocked America leaving policymakers…
Carbon cycle models underestimate indirect role of animals
While models typically take into account how plants and microbes affect the carbon cycle, they…
Cuckoos impersonate hawks by matching their ‘outfits’
An evolutionary trick allows cuckoos to ‘mimic’ the plumage of birds of prey, and may…
Ancient Syrians favored buying local to outsourcing production
Archaeologists have found evidence that, contrary to a widely held theory, ancient Syrians made their…
Software uses cyborg swarm to map unknown environs
Researchers have developed software that allows them to map unknown environments — such as collapsed…
Toward a urine test for detecting blood clots
Detecting dangerous blood clots, which can cause life-threatening conditions such as strokes and heart attacks,…