That smaller islands will typically sustain fewer species than large ones is a widespread pattern…
Month: November 2013
Artificial skin created using stem cells from the umbilical cord
An important scientific breakthrough will aid the immediate use of artificially-grown skin for major burn…
Colossal new predatory dino terrorized early tyrannosaurs
A new species of carnivorous dinosaur – one of the three largest ever discovered in…
Dreading pain can be worse than pain itself
Faced with inevitable pain, most people would choose to get it out of the way…
Sticky business: Magnetic pollen replicas offer multimodal adhesion
Researchers have created magnetic replicas of sunflower pollen grains using a wet chemical, layer-by-layer process…
Minority parents fear for kids online
Nearly all parents agree — when their children go online, stranger danger is their biggest…
Does obesity reshape our sense of taste?
Obesity may alter the way we taste at the most fundamental level: by changing how…
Discovery could usher in new ice age of astrophysics
Scientists using a particle detector made of ice at the South Pole have found the…
Improve learning by taming instructional complexity
From using concrete or abstract materials to giving immediate or delayed feedback, there are rampant…
How flu evolves to escape immunity
Scientists have identified a potential way to improve future flu vaccines after discovering that seasonal…