Massive black holes spewing out radio-frequency-emitting particles at near-light speed can block formation of new…
Month: October 2014
Misreporting diet information could impact nutrition recommendations for Hispanics
Faulty self-reporting of the food we eat can lead to incorrect conclusions about whether we…
Hungry or not, kids will eat treats
Even though they are not hungry, children as young as three will find high-energy treats…
A global surge of great earthquakes from 2004-2014 and implications for Cascadia
The last ten years have been a remarkable time for great earthquakes. Since December 2004…
Child’s poor decision-making skills can predict later behavior problems, research shows
Children who show poor decision-making skills at age 10 or 11 may be more likely…
Physicists solve longstanding puzzle of how moths find distant mates
Physicists have come up with a mathematical explanation for moths’ remarkable ability to find mates…
How Texas campus police tackle stalking
One out of every five female students experience stalking victimization during their college career, but…
New viral mutation made middle-aged adults more susceptible to last year’s flu
A possible explanation for why middle-aged adults were hit especially hard by the H1N1 influenza…
Coordination between gut bacteria, biological clocks may be crucial for preventing obesity, glucose intolerance
Proper coordination between our gut bacteria and our biological clocks may be crucial for preventing…
Ocean’s living carbon pumps: When viruses attack giant algal blooms, global carbon cycles are affected
By some estimates, almost half of the world’s organic carbon is fixed by marine organisms…