Astronomers have found the clearest evidence yet that giant planets have recently formed around four…
Month: December 2015
‘Never was so much owed by so many to so few’: Could phrases like this hold clues about universal grammar?
A new research project is looking for evidence of “universal grammar” – the notion that…
Narcissism, the seed of violence from children towards their parents
The mirror becomes an object that they cannot live without. They fall in love with…
Time-resolved measurement of the anomalous velocity
Movement of charge carriers perpendicular to an electric driving field in a solid state system…
Northern Alaska: North Slope permafrost thawing sooner than expected
New projections of permafrost change in northern Alaska suggest far-reaching effects will come sooner than…
Not ordinary growing pains
A recent study shows that acupuncture may be a safe and effective adjunctive integrative medicine…
‘Flipped’ classrooms improve physics education
If physics problem makes you break out in a cold sweat, you are not alone….
Clouds, computers, and the coming storms
Scientists uncover secrets behind hurricanes, monsoons, and polar vortexes.
Preoperative use of blood-thinning drugs is safe for cancer patients
Among patients undergoing major cancer operations, the preoperative use of blood-thinning drugs such as heparin…
Fracking plays active role in generating toxic metal wastewater, study finds
The production of hazardous wastewater in hydraulic fracturing is assumed to be partly due to…