A low-cost empowerment program for adolescent girls in Kenyan slums sharply curtails rape and sexual…
Month: April 2014
Teaching to optimize learning or control misbehavior? Scale of disruptive behavior in schools seriously underestimated
The true extent of poor pupil behavior in schools is seriously underestimated, according to an…
Genetically modified tobacco plants as an alternative for producing bioethanol
Tobacco, a high-density crop which is mown several times throughout its cycle, can produce as…
Neanderthals and Cro-magnons did not coexist on the Iberian Peninsula, suggests re-analysis of dating
The meeting between a Neanderthal and one of the first humans, which we used to…
Novel technique opens door to better solar cells, superconductors and hard drives
A new invention solves long-standing mystery in the physics of condensed matter and enhances our…
Does germ plasm accelerate evolution?
Scientists have challenged a long held belief about the way certain species of vertebrates evolved….
Beneficial organisms react differently to parasite drug
The substance ivermectin has been used for more than thirty years all over the world to combat…
Combs of light accelerate communication
Miniaturized optical frequency comb sources allow for transmission of data streams of several terabits per…
Little-known Arctic comb jelly found in the Baltic Sea and Arctic
One of the world’s oldest animal species, the comb jellies — which have inhabited the…
Look who’s evolving now: Using robots to study evolution
Scientists have demonstrated the usefulness of robots in studying evolution. They successfully used a colony…