Rapid evolution at the edges of a given species habitat may play a larger role…
Month: January 2017
Chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system
Many people report getting sick when they don’t get enough sleep. A new study helps…
Safe utilization of dietary sugars requires dynamic control of redox balance
Without dynamic control of redox balance animals lose their ability to survive on sugar-rich food….
Why people are so good at spotting product downsizing and so bad at judging supersizing
Consumers drastically underestimate portion supersizing but are incredibly accurate at spotting downsizing, making it difficult…
Nanoparticles hitchhiking their way along strands of hair
In shampoo ads, hair always looks like a shiny, smooth surface. But for physicists peering…
Dogs share food with other dogs even in complex situations
Dogs also share their food, albeit mainly with four-legged friends rather than strangers. A new…
Impact of genetics on human height is not increasing
The relative impact of genetics on height does not increase with improvements to the standard…
Anthropologists uncover art by (really) old masters
An international team of anthropologists has uncovered a 38,000-year-old engraved image in a southwestern French…
NASA studies cosmic radiation to protect high-altitude travelers
NASA scientists studying high-altitude radiation recently published new results on the effects of cosmic radiation…
New ‘needle-pulse’ beam pattern packs a punch
A new beam pattern could bring unprecedented sharpness to ultrasound and radar images, burn precise…