Take two poisonous mushrooms, and call me in the morning. While no doctor would ever…
Month: December 2014
Wireless brain sensor could unchain neuroscience from cables
Neuroscience research has been constrained by the cables required to connect brain sensors to computers…
Approved breast cancer drug offers hope for the treatment of blood disorders
A new study provides an explanation as to why blood cancers are more common in…
Why tool-wielding crows are left- or right-beaked
New Caledonian crows show preferences when it comes to holding their tools on the left…
High-sugar diet in fathers can lead to obese offspring
Increasing sugar in the diet of male fruit flies for just one or two days…
‘Non-echolocating’ fruit bats actually do echolocate, with wing clicks
In a discovery that overturns conventional wisdom about bats, researchers have found that Old World…
Innate immune system condemns weak cells to their death
In cell competition the strong eliminate the weak, thereby ensuring optimal tissue fitness. Molecular biologists…
Typhoid Mary, not typhoid mouse: Enzyme protects mice, not humans from typhoid
The bacterium Salmonella Typhi causes typhoid fever in humans, but leaves other mammals unaffected. Researchers…
Scarcity breeds rationality, new economic study finds
Through a series of surveys, researchers determined that people with less time or money to…
Electric eels deliver taser-like shocks
The electric eel — the scaleless Amazonian fish that can deliver an electrical jolt strong…