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18/08/2015 - 19:36

Among the biggest surprises contained within the genome—eliciting exclamation point–ridden e-mails from cephalopod researchers—is that... →

13/08/2015 - 19:44

Born with a cannabis system According to Gabet, the human body is naturally equipped with a cannabinoid system that regulates both vital... →

09/08/2015 - 14:01

Violent crime statistics tell a different story, though. One survey suggested that only 1% of victims of violent crime believed that the... →

05/08/2015 - 11:52

We'll explain these visual thresholds initially through the lens – pun intended – of what many of us first think of when we consider vision... →

01/08/2015 - 11:51

Rain gives you rheumatism… maybe Despite anecdotal reports that wet and windy conditions inflame the joints, the evidence is about as... →

26/07/2015 - 17:05

Measuring time Humans have created reliable instruments to measure time by using predictable repeating events that occur naturally, such as... →

21/07/2015 - 20:13

“Jehovah Witnesses for instance,” Dr. Andrews continued, “will not accept blood under any circumstance. They would rather die than to... →

11/07/2015 - 19:36

Prof Moffitt told the BBC: "Any area of life where we currently use chronological age is faulty, if we knew more about biological age we... →

03/07/2015 - 13:25

The most obvious reason to study the oldest people alive today is for clues to healthy ageing. Supercentenarians often “seem to be born... →

20/06/2015 - 13:54

The competition’s task is superficially simple, says Rosalind Potts at UCL. “We wanted to know if you had an hour to study a list of 80... →

12/06/2015 - 17:14

The study also revealed that some university departments do not have a single senior female faculty member. For example, among the 24... →

08/06/2015 - 12:52

The estimates are part of a systematic effort to quantify the likely economic and security costs and benefits of five alternative futures... →

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