Just weeks after Sierra Leone discharged its last patient, a new study reflects on the…
Month: September 2015
Small rural owl fearlessly colonizes the city
Think of the city and images of traffic, pollution, noise and crowds spring to mind….
Economic prosperity can’t break chains of child labor
Unequal access to education ensures hundreds of millions of children remain trapped in child labour…
Surgical probe seeks out where cancer ends and healthy tissue begins
A new surgical tool that uses light to make sure surgeons removing cancerous tumors ‘got…
Pre-reptile may be earliest known to walk upright on all fours
Wandering an arid region of the ancient supercontinent of Pangea about 260-million years ago, the…
Engineers unlock remarkable 3-D vision from ordinary digital camera technology
A team of engineers has discovered how to harness the image stabilization and focus modules…
Global warming ‘hiatus’ never happened, scientists say
The evidence for a recent pause in the rate of global warming lacks a sound…
Ocean’s wildlife populations down by half
A new report reveals an alarming decline in marine biodiversity over the last few decades….
Physical activity, sadness, and suicidality in bullied U.S. adolescents
Across the U.S., nearly 20% of students report being bullied on school property. Bullying is…
Aboriginal ‘memories’ of Australia’s coastline go back more than 7,000 years
Aboriginal society has preserved memories of Australia’s coastline dating back more than 7,000 years.