A new review provides intriguing insights on parthenogenesis, or virgin birth, in snakes.
Month: January 2016
Pioneering artificial pancreas to undergo final tests
A device to automatically monitor and regulate blood-sugar levels in people with type 1 diabetes…
The brain-computer duel: Do we have free will?
Our choices seem to be freer than previously thought. Using computer-based brain experiments, researchers studied…
First European farmers traced back to Anatolia
When farming spread throughout Europe some 8000 years ago, Anatolia functioned as a hub, spreading…
Self-esteem gender gap more pronounced in western nations
People worldwide tend to gain self-esteem as they grow older, and men generally have higher…
How to improve cardiac arrest survival in three easy steps
Although survival rates for people who suffer cardiac arrest outside a hospital are extremely low…
Asian carp could cause some Lake Erie fish to decline, others to increase
If they successfully invade Lake Erie, Asian carp could eventually account for about a third…
Racial bias may be conveyed by doctors’ body language
Physicians give less compassionate nonverbal cues when treating seriously ill black patients compared with their…
Study finds ‘frictional heat’ as a new trigger for explosive volcanic eruptions
Temperature may be more important than pressure in generating gas bubbles which trigger explosive volcanic…
Adjustable adhesion power: What fakirs can learn from geckos
Imagine a new type of tires whose structure has been designed to have greater adhesion…