A joint Indonesian-Australian team has unearthed a rare collection of prehistoric art and ‘jewellery’ objects…
Month: April 2017
Android apps can conspire to mine information from your smartphone
Mobile phones have increasingly become the repository for the details that drive our everyday lives….
New species evolve faster as mountains form
Mountains, like rainforests, are hotbeds of biodiversity. But scientists aren’t sure why. For years, they’ve…
When human illness rises, the environment suffers, too
A toxic environment is known to create health problems for people, but sick people can…
Monkey business produces rare preserved blood in amber fossils
Two monkeys grooming each other about 20-30 million years ago may have helped produce a…
Exposure to BPA Substitute, BPS, Multiplies Breast Cancer Cells
Bisphenol S (BPS), a substitute for the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in the plastic industry,…
Late sleep-wake time preference linked to depression in individuals with diabetes
People with type 2 diabetes who are “night owls” and prefer the evening for activity…
Traumatic brain injuries leave women prone to mental health problems
Traumatic brain injuries affect the body’s stress axis differently in female and male mice, according…
Brain signals after a meal respond to food pictures more in obese than lean kids
Brain signals that should help tell us we are full after eating appear to be…
Open-source software unlocks 3-D view of nanomaterials
Now it’s possible for anyone to see and share 3-D nanoscale imagery with a new…