By Tanya Hill, University of Melbourne  Have you ever considered our cosmic address? It’s a fun device I’ve often used to help students get a grasp on our place in the universe. For example, I…

By Barbara Sahakian, University of Cambridge and Muzaffer Kaser, University of Cambridge Depression is a major, if not the major, cause of suicide. Every year, almost one million people die from…

A team of epidemiologists have written a study indicating that exposure to certain phenols during pregnancy, especially parabens and triclosan, may disrupt growth of boys during fetal growth and the…

Two new species of sea-dwelling, mushroom-shaped organisms have been discovered.  Scientists classify organisms based on shared characteristics using a taxonomic rank, including kingdom, phylum,…

A group of ecotoxicologists claim that the US Environmental Protection Agency's evaluations of pesticide safety are inadequate and lead to bias. Writing in BioScience, Michelle Boone of Miami…

Parts of the iconic Galapagos Islands have been overrun by invasive plants from other parts of the world, according to  results published in Neobiota which confirm that in the humid highland…

Keeping upright in a low-gravity environment is not easy and nothing shows that more than by how often NASA has documented astronauts falling on the lunar surface. A new paper suggests these moon…

You have a new galactic address; astronomers have determined that our own Milky Way galaxy is part of a newly identified enormous supercluster of galaxies - dubbed "Laniakea," which means…

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), the most widely used drugs for the treatment of depression, have been reported to reduce bone formation and increase the risk of bone fracture. Since…

Eric R. Kandel, MD, who shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries related to the molecular basis of memory, and Denise B. Kandel, PhD, professor of psychiatry at…

Most living mammals are nocturnal and it has long been thought that the transition to nocturnality occurred at about the same time as mammals evolved, around 200 million years ago. That hypothesis…

Melanoma is a common cancer in the United States. in 2014, 76,100 people will be diagnosed with the skin cancer and 9,710 people will die. Several studies have suggested a higher incidence of…

Should languages be conserved? There are 5,000 languages in the world right now and clearly a lack of ability to communicate is a big factor in war. Some of the languages are spoken by very small…

Archaeologists and restorers, are preserving and studying 4th-century tunics ascribed to St. Ambrose. In the course of examining the valuable silk garments, they have made surprising scholarly…

There are sex differences in the development of tolerance to THC, the key active ingredient in cannabis, according to a new paper.  Psychology professor Rebecca Craft of Washington…

Conventional photovoltaic technology uses large, heavy, opaque, dark silicon panels while  organic photovoltaic technology enables more translucent and more flexible solar panels in a range of…

In a new study, scientists have adapted a chemical approach to turn diseased cells into unique manufacturing sites for molecules that can treat a form of muscular dystrophy. In general, small, low…

Among the viable extensions of the standard model, an intriguing class of models involve the concept of a "hidden sector" of new particles only weakly coupled to the standard model one. These…

For breast cancer patients, there are three common surgical interventions: bilateral mastectomy (the removal of both breasts), unilateral mastectomy (the removal of the affected breast), and…

Off the road we go! It’s really like off road when you say it about Mars rover driving on Earth soil, and it’s even more off road speaking of it being tested in some remote location outside the…