Policy makers know to hit biology where it counts; in the wallet. Rural farmers in Mexico have seen honey shipments to Germany rejected because of genetically modified organism (GMO) soybean…

The world's oceans contain algae that produce certain chemicals that can accumulate in seafood and are known to cause brain damage. This natural neurotoxin, domoic acid, is a very stable and heat…

It's cold and snowy just about everywhere except where you expect it. Ice in northern Alaska’s lakes during winter months is on the decline, as shown by twenty years of satellite radar imagery…

We have a biological clock related to sleep cycles and a new paper says we have weight loss cycles related to behavior; people are going to gain weight on the weekend so if they lose more during the…

For the past eight years, the Amazon rain forest has gotten greener as the weather seemingly got hotter and drier each year from June to October.  Limited rainfall didn't prevent thriving…

Evolutionary biology sounds exciting - there wouldn't be any movies on the SyFy Channel without Gatoroids and Sharknados and other feats of life science run amok - but in reality you are going to…

Why do men and women have different heights? Why do people have different predispositions to BMI, blood pressure and lipid levels? Chromosome X is one of the two sex-determining chromosomes and …

How are accurate are the world's most advanced weather forecasting models? They perform okay, at least when it comes to predicting the very near future.  Two University of Iowa researchers,…

United States dominance in science and technology declined  during the last decade as several Asian nations rapidly increased their innovation capacities. According to a new report, The 2014…

Symmetry isn't always good. When we look at human faces, the most symmetrical, where one half is mirrored to the other, are less attractive than faces that show some distinction. And it isn't just…

Researchers stray from the usual heteronormative parameters in a new take on determining the relationship between love and sex.  They collected data from an Internet-based survey of almost 25,…

Last year, a group of researchers created a correlation between the migration patterns of ocean salmon and the Earth's magnetic field, suggesting it may help explain how the fish can navigate across…

A new review doesn't add any value to supplements but at least it shows that people who spend money on supplements are more inclined to be developing a healthier lifestyle overall. The review by…

Yet another government science report has found that the Keystone XL pipeline is not going to be risky to the environment.  This isn't the first time the Obama administration's own scientists…

The DiscoverE outreach program and its Girls Coding Club program teaching computer programming to girls from grades 3 to 9, has won a Google RISE Award.  Last year, DiscoverE, an initiative…

It's the time of year when experts on relationships give advice. Not experts on their own, but rather experts on yours. All that's needed is a weak observational study based on surveys and it…

Vaccines are the safest, cheapest and most effective way to protect against infectious diseases  but to make a good one remains a challenge, and traditional approaches are now stretched to the…

Yesterday I visited a high school in Treviso, a small centre in north-west Italy. The students of the last two years participate in a program called "masterclasses" which includes lessons on particle…

Are American jobs less stable? Do workers change employers more frequently than in the past? The reflexive answer is yes, especially since unemployment is the worst it's been in decades, but on…

You learned in high school that light has a dual nature - it exists as both waves and photons. It is this duality of light that enables the coherent transport of photons in lasers.  Physicists…