Can watching a violent movie make you more likely to lie, cheat or steal? What…
Month: December 2015
Protecting ocean species
A new study offers strategic guidance on the placement of marine protected areas to meet…
Not mere trickery: Effects of behavioral nudges persist despite disclosure
A team of researchers investigated whether the common assumption that defaults don’t work if people…
Brain receptors for hunger hormone control food intake, study shows
Activating receptors in the brain for the body’s hunger hormone increases food-related behaviors, such as…
Review of the landscape conservation cooperatives
Because fish, wildlife, habitats, and cultural resources extend beyond political boundaries, there is a national…
Sperm carries information about dad’s weight
Turns out dads are also eating for two. A study reveals that a man’s weight…
First look at gut microbes in an American Indian community
Very little is known about how the diversity of gut microbes might vary among different…
‘Nanobombs’ might deliver agents that alter gene activity in cancer stem cells
Nanoparticles that swell and burst when exposed to near-infrared laser light have been developed by…
It takes a village, and much more, to quench megacity water demands
A novel way to begin understanding what happens to the globe when large cities —…
Neurotoxic effects of chemotherapies on cognition in breast cancer survivors
Cancer-related cognitive impairment is often referred to as ‘chemobrain’ and anthracycline-based chemotherapy may have greater…