Vestigial organs, such as the wisdom teeth in humans, are those that have become functionless…
Month: October 2015
Video conferencing could increase shared decision-making in hospice care
Shared decision-making, although beneficial, could be enhanced in hospice care, say authors of a new…
Marine mathematics helps to map undiscovered deep-water coral reefs
A team of marine scientists has discovered four new deep-water coral reefs in the Atlantic…
Africa’s urban waste: A valuable source of electricity
Estimated electricity production from the total waste generated in Africa could reach 122.2 TWh in…
Billions of juvenile fish under the Arctic sea ice
Using a new net, marine biologists have, for the first time, been able to catch…
‘I am right for your child!’ The key to winning over your future in-laws
The key to dealing with future in-laws who disapprove of your relationship may involve showing…
New tool: How to get meaningful information out of big data
Every second trillions of data bits are accumulated and stored. All these data bits make…
Scientists find external environment, oxidation greatest threats to DNA
Forces in the external environmental and oxidation are the greatest threats to an organism’s ability…
Local government supervisor training can be more efficient
City department supervisors would benefit from training roughly every eight to nine months on conceptual…
Study finds glyphosate, acetamiprid to have relatively low toxicity for honey bees
The herbicide glyphosate and the neonicotinoid acetamiprid to have low toxicity levels for honey bees…