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Boronospherene by Wang lab / Brown University

Boron Buckyballs Born!

15/07/2014

The first time that a boron cage has been observed experimentally. ...

tofu by freedigital and rakratchada torsap

The Millenial Tofu Surprise

13/07/2014

Tofu's new champion recruits are 20-something women who want dishes that are quick, easy to cook and that can help keep them trim...

Bigger Health Warnings Bring Better Results

12/07/2014

Cigarette warning labels can influence a smoker to try to quit even when the smoker is trying to avoid seeing the labels...

Pain Eraser : I’ll Take Two!

11/07/2014

Canadian scientists make a breakthrough in pain relief treatments. Using chili and mice....

China’s Hidden Water Footprint

10/07/2014

China's richest provinces have an outsized environmental impact on the country's water-scarce regions...

Googling Pregnancy Advice

09/07/2014

Following the women's first visit to the obstetrician, many of them still turned to the Internet -- in the form of both search engines and social media -- to find answers to their questions...

corkscrew by freedigital and Carlos Porto

Left-Handers Mostly Born in Winter

08/07/2014

On a monthly average, 8.2 percent of left-handed men were born during the period February to October. During November to January, this number rose to 10.5 percent...

Brainscans showing anterior and posterior insula

Ecstasy Implicated in Spinal Aneurism

07/07/2014

Ecstasy could make any pre-existing aneurysms or other arterial abnormalities prone to rupture. Report...

kangaroo by freedigital and Michelle Meiklejohn

Kangaroos and their Fifth Leg

06/07/2014

Unusual gaits by unusual animals, such as pentapedal walking by kangaroos, provide insight into the breadth of solutions available to the same biomechanical problem...

Congratulations! (If you made it to 30)

04/07/2014

More Americans between the ages of one and 30 die from injury than from any other cause...

Do Your Own Damned Marketing!

03/07/2014

Users of social media websites are less likely to use them to say positive things about their favourite products and services...

Practise (Not Parentage) Makes Musicians

30/06/2014

Genetics and environment work together to help people become accomplished musicians...

Watching TV Shortens Lifespan

29/06/2014

As the population ages, sedentary behaviors will become more prevalent, especially watching television, causing additional health problems related to aging....

Where are all the Penguins?

28/06/2014

Satellite imaging is being increasingly recognized as a valuable method for remote animal population monitoring...

A Baldness Cure that Works!

27/06/2014

"By eight months there was full regrowth of hair," said co-author Brittany G. Craiglow, M.D....

Cheer Up, or Just Shut Up?

26/06/2014

People with low self-esteem want their loved ones to see them as they see themselves. As such, they are often resistant to their friends' reminders of how positively they see them....

Unlucky or Just Lazy?

25/06/2014

The way they label people on welfare – by calling them 'lazy' or 'unlucky', for instance – can easily have a big impact on people's attitudes to people on welfare...

Thinness and the Mediterranean Diet

24/06/2014

Children with a high adherence to a Mediterranean-like diet were 15% less likely to be overweight or obese than low-adherent children...

Sunshine is Addictive

23/06/2014

There is real health value in avoiding sunlight as a source of vitamin D. Boo!...

Mixed Race Couples Spread the Love

22/06/2014

Couples that interacted with couples of another race showed a greater positive attitude toward the other group. News...

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

The Taste of Moonshine

20/06/2014

NASA scientists have created a new recipe that captures key flavors of the brownish-orange atmosphere around Saturn's largest moon, Titan...

Sobering Thoughts and the 100 Yard Stare

19/06/2014

Soldiers who kill in combat are less likely to abuse alcohol post-deployment...

Peer Pressure and the Cool Kids

18/06/2014

Seeking popularity and attention by trying to act older than one's age may not yield the expected benefits. ...

Gore Grabs Attention, Generally

17/06/2014

People exposed to core disgusts (blood, guts, body products) showed higher levels of attention the more disgusting the content grew...

Smartphones Cause AIDS!

16/06/2014

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”W/dropcapell, who’da thunk it? ‘Smartphone apps carry higher infection risk than online dating sites or clubs’. Even those...