You lookin’ at me?Gareth Fuller/PA By Tom Foulsham, University of Essex Are you being recorded? Thanks to the ubiquity of CCTV and camera phones, the answer is more than ever before likely to be “Yes…

By Marsha Lewis, Inside Science (Inside Science TV) – One of the deadliest forces on earth is the humble mosquito. Mosquito-borne diseases like malaria, chikungunya, yellow fever and West Nile virus…

That DNA makes RNA which makes protein is a simplified explanation molecular biologists use to explain for how genetic information is deciphered and translated in living organisms. The process is…

After four months of frenzy by over 1500 teams, the very successful Higgs Challenge launched by the ATLAS collaboration ended yesterday, and the "private leaderboard" with the final standings has…

The farside of the moon may have had some extremely explosive volcanic eruptions hundreds of millions of years ago. The findings, reported in a paper submitted to the Journal of Geophysical…

Can the brown anole lizard outrun climate change? Credit: Ianaré Sévi, CC BY By Amanda Bates, University of Southampton Lizards from the deserts of Australia to the tops of mountains in Costa Rica…

If we get sugars down to 3% of total energy intake, it may put dentists out of business, according to a paper in BMC Public Health which analyzed the effect of sugars on tooth decay and found…

Calculating the pros and cons is a time-honored method for making analytical decisions but focusing too much on numberscalculations, especially those involving money, can lead to negative…

Is this really necessary? Credit: EPA By John Weeks, SOAS, University of London The Obama administration has proposed several ad hoc multi-country economic agreements, and in doing so has abandoned…

Good nose. Credit:  Lowjumpingfrog, CC BY By Joao Pedro de Magalhaes, University of Liverpool Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of 122, remains the oldest person on record. One might…

Molecules containing carbon-halogen bonds are produced naturally across all kingdoms of life and constitute a large family of natural products with a broad range of biological activities.  The…

In 2010, McGill Redmen receiver Charles-Antoine Sinotte suffered a concussion during his last home game. "It was like nothing I had experienced before," recalls Sinotte. "I felt like I was out of…

Researchers have discovered "the most famous wheat gene," a reproductive traffic cop of sorts that can be used to transfer valuable genes from other plants to wheat, which clears the way for wheat…

Men who had moderate baldness affecting both the front and the crown of their head by age 45 were at a 40% increased risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer than men with no baldness, according…

The use of unnecessary medical tests and procedures driven by a fear of malpractice lawsuits, commonly known as 'defensive medicine', has been estimated to cost up to $46 billion annually in the U…

Vitamin B12 is an essential molecule required by most life on this planet but it is only produced by a relatively small group of microorganisms due to its large size and complexity. For us, vitamin…

In the modern era, a great deal of policy decisions are made by people who do not report to the public. If the EPA agrees to settle a lawsuit with canoers by calling water a pollutant, they can just…

If bloggers are journalists, should they all benefit from the same legal protections? Credit: Jonathan Ah Kit/Flickr By Jane Johnston A New Zealand High Court judgment handed down on Friday will have…

As most culturally astute people of a certain age know, 2015 is "The Future" of "Back To The Future II." "Back To The Future" was, of course, a seminal comedy in 1985 - a time when terrorists were…

The 500 million years after Earth formed were not the hot, lava-filled Hell commonly portrayed, it may have had oceans, continents and active crustal plates - a lot like we have today. This alternate…