The 10 warmest years in the instrumental record, with the exception of 1998, have now occurred since 2000, which continues a long-term warming of the planet, according to an analysis of surface…

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has been hobbled by the loss of critical guidance systems but can still find good stuff - most recently a star with three planets only slightly larger than Earth, one in…

The sex ratio in your community may affect what you're looking for in a relationship. Shutterstock By Ryan Schacht, University of Utah and Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, University of California, Davis…

The Beagle-2 Mars lander,hitched a ride on ESA’s Mars Express mission in 2003 and was released from the mothership on December 19th with a planned landing 6 days later.   Then it was lost. Mars…

With the terrorist attacks in Paris fresh on the minds of Europeans (150X as many dead in a terrorist attack in Africa, not so much), politicians are reflecting the concerns of the public and…

Using simulation, such as wearing a blindfold while performing everyday tasks, has negative effects on people's perceptions of the visually impaired, according to a recent paper. In one part of the…

There is a gender gap in some fields of academia. Some are skewed heavily toward women and some are skewed heavily toward men, though some have too little variation to be meaningful. But why are…

By Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology at University of Adelaide. A paper has just been released that will raise health concerns about Bisphenol A again. The paper, “Low-dose exposure to…

Last week's terrorist attacks in Paris were religiously-based and they have brought to the fore an issue that France, and most of Europe, had chosen to ignore: determining how prevalent religious…

Most people know that our biological functions use a circadian system comprised of a central clock located deep within the center of our brains and multiple clocks located in different parts of the…

Autism spectrum disorders affect 1 percent of children in the United States and hundreds of genetic and environmental factors have been implicated in increasing the risk.  Scientists have…

A new white paper finds little to no evidence for the effectiveness of opioid drugs in the treatment of long-term chronic pain, despite the explosive recent growth in the use of such drugs.  The…

Can you dance like Robbie Williams? It would go down great in a lecture hall. Jonathan Brady/PA Archive By Justin O'Brien, Royal Holloway In his anthemic Let me entertain you, Robbie Williams urges…

The International Astronomical Union is holding a competition to assign common names.Astronomy clubs  and other public groups may submit names.   The general public will then get to…

We don't need any more Internet off-switches, thanks. deadhorse, CC BY-NC By Bill Buchanan, Edinburgh Napier University Prime Minister David Cameron has stated that the UK government will look at…

A new paper says that human civilization has crossed four of nine so-called planetary boundaries as the result of human activity that put humanity in a "safe operating space."  The…

If Campi Flegrei ever goes off, you won't want to be in Naples - or Europe, for that matter. Emanuele Nicastro, CC BY-SA By Luca de Siena, University of Aberdeen Ever heard of Campi Flegrei? It is a…

Brownbanded bamboo sharks take the term "resourceful" to a whole new level. Biologists have found that a shark egg case dropped by an adult bamboo shark showed signs of healthy development. What…

Everyone who has lived in snow knows it is not as white as it looks - it's rarely white at all. Mixed in with the reflective flakes are tiny, dark particles of pollution. University of Washington…

A team of researchers has demonstrated the therapeutic potential of triheptanoin in ten patients with Huntington's disease. Derivatives of this triglyceride, with its unique composition, might be…