Month: April 2015

A new study assesses how accurately gender representations in online image search results for 45…

Our world is full of patterns, from the twist of a DNA molecule to the…

Although serotonin is well known as a brain neurotransmitter, it is estimated that 90 percent…

Researchers simulated the merger of binary black holes and noticed that one black hole completely…

An unusually warm patch of surface water, nicknamed ‘the blob’ when it emerged in early…

Temperature is a statistical concept. Very small systems, consisting of a small number of particles,…

Changes to the Earth’s oceans, caused by extreme volcanic activity, triggered the greatest extinction of…

Researchers have produced the first whole-genome sequences of endangered mountain gorillas in the Virunga volcanic…

Astronomers compiled a story of our Milky Way’s growth by studying galaxies similar in mass…

As we age, the physical make up of our brains changes. This includes changes in…