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Breathing Deeply May Actually Boost Your Body’s Immune System
The power of the trained mind over the body is truly an amazing thing
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France Is Spending 3 Million Euros to Save the Great Hamster of Alsace
There are only a few hundred left!
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Government Says Oil and Gas Development Have Raised Risk of Earthquakes in Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s recent surge in earthquake activity due in part to wastewater injection
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Ancient Birds Avoided Mass Extinction By Shrinking
The shrinkage process was well underway before an asteroid brought doom to the dinosaurs 66 million years ago
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Butterflies And Bees Drink Crocodile Tears
To the delight of winged invertebrates, crocodiles cry when they eat
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Surgeons Are Ready to Put Trauma Patients Into Hibernation
By chilling the body, trauma surgeons can buy more time
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The MERS Virus Has Been Detected in the U.S.
But the specter of what the SARS-like virus could do is scarier than what it actually is doing right now
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Environment Matters As Much As Genes for Kids Who Develop Autism Spectrum Disorders
A new study found that environmental and genetic factors were equally important in assessing kids’ risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder
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Scientists Transformed Men’s Skin Cells Into Immature Sperm Cells
When inserted in mice testes, men’s skin cells were coaxed into becoming immature sperm cells
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Scientists inch closer to the cause of the mysterious “sea star wasting syndrome”
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Coastal Cities Don’t Just Need to Worry About Rising Seas; They’re Also on Sinking Land
Some cities are facing a future of rising sea levels while the ground under their feet is sinking
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The Grasshopper Mouse Hunts Scorpions, Turns Scorpion Venom into Painkiller
Evolutionary adaptations let this little mouse hunt scorpions
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Here’s Why There Will Probably Never Be a Hangover Prevention Pill
If it was easily doable, someone would have invented it already
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Lone Bacteria Are More Likely to Become Drug Resistant Than Big Colonies
This finding could help design ways to prevent antibiotic resistance
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A Simple Trick May Have Helped the Egyptians Build the Pyramids
No ancient aliens needed: A little bit of water reduces friction when dragging a sled over sand
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50 Years Ago Today, the First BASIC Program Ran in a Dartmouth Basement
The computer language that led the hobbyist computer boom turns 50 today
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For 100 Years, Female Students Have Gotten Better Grades in Every Subject
Yes, that includes math and science
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Computers Can Tell If You’re Really in Pain—Even Better Than People Can
As computers become better at reading people’s expressions, their potential as lie detectors and diagnostic aids increases
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