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Correlation: Sitting Is Bad For Your Health And Exercise Won't Help

Advances in technology in recent decades have obviated the need and desire for humans to move....

It's About Calories, So Kimchi Is Not A Weight Loss Superfood - But You May Eat Less

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Beekeepers Are Wrong About Overwinter Hive Behavior

Honeybees in man-made hives may have been suffering the cold unnecessarily for over a century because...

Why Does Anyone Still Search For The Loch Ness Monster?

Hugh Gray was taking his usual post-church walk around Loch Ness in Scotland on a November Sunday...

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Number Of Immune Cells In Tumors Could Soon Help Predict And Treat Cancers

Sep 24 2014 | comment(s)

Head and neck cancer underway. Credit: Akira Kouchiyama, CC BY-SA

By Emma King, University of Southampton and Christian Ottensmeier, University of Southampton

The Grim Story Of The Snowy Mountains' Cannibal Horses

Sep 24 2014 | comment(s)

A glimpse of wild brumbies in the Snowy Mountains. Credit: Michael Tristram/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

By Don Driscoll, Australian National University and Sam Banks, Australian National University

Energy Efficient Buildings – Beware Possible Health Risks

Sep 24 2014 | comment(s)

BedZED in Hackbridge, London. Credit: Tom Chance, CC BY-SA

By Melissa C. Lott, University College London

The primary goal of home energy efficiency initiatives might be to reduce total energy consumption, but these projects could have a negative impact on public health if we do not take care.

Evidence Of Gravity Waves Clouded By Interstellar Dust

Sep 24 2014 | comment(s)

Planck telescope and the Cosmic microwave background. ESA and Planck, CC BY

By Robert Crittenden, University of Portsmouth

Doom And Gloom Won’t Do It – Here’s How To Sell The Climate Change Message

Sep 23 2014 | comment(s)

But which words will lead to action? Credit: EPA

By James Painter, University of Oxford

Each of the 125 leaders attending the New York climate summit this week has been given four minutes to speak to the world. They (or their aides) may well have dipped into the climate literature to add scientific ballast to their speeches. But they may not be as familiar with the vast array of academic studies on effective communication about climate change.