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- Shakespeare could help docs understand mind-body connection better
- Shakespeare was a master at portraying profound emotional upset in the physical symptoms of his characters, and many modern day doctors would do well to study the Ba
- Prehistoric skull shows earliest evidence of human violence
- A healed fracture found on an ancient skull from China may be the oldest documented evidence of violence among humans, researchers say.
- Why we just can’t resist looking at nude pics
- A new study has revealed that our brain processes pictures of nude bodies more efficiently than pictures of clothed bodies. Washington, Nov 18 (World’s first bedside genetic test comes closer to reality
- Tailored drug therapy, which is made possible through a novel point-of-care genetic test, optimises treatment for patients who carry a common genetic variant, a new
- Carbon buildup in Ganges basin may worsen global warming
- Carbon storage in the soils and sediments of the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin may make it possible for global warming to destabilize the pool of carbon there and increas
- Ancient multi-legged seafloor predator tracked
- Canadian researchers have tracked multi-legged predator that dates back to half-a-billion years, after they followed its fossilized footprints.
- Swimming jellyfish may play key role in climate change
- Swimming jellyfish and other marine animals, which help in mixing warm and cold water in the oceans, may influence global climate by increasing the rate at which hea
- Radioactive hot spot detected in Japan’s Kashiwa city linked to Fukushima fallout
- A radioactive hot-spot detected in Kashiwa city in Japan's Chiba Prefecture is emanating from cesium that was probably ejected by the crippled Fukushima nuclear pla
- Coming soon, world’s first guide to tackle osteoporosis
- Health experts are about to finalise a series of wide-ranging recommendations on how to build strong bones to prevent the debilitating bone condition.
- We ‘see’ through one eye at a time
- As far as we know, we "see" with both eyes at once, but a new study suggested that the brain may know which eye is receiving information-and can turn around and te
- ‘Modern’ blade production started much earlier than previously thought
- A new discovery by researchers at Tel Aviv University has pushed back the production of sophisticated blade hundreds of thousands of years earlier than originally th
- How brain buys time for tough choices
- Some people who receive deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease are impulsive, leading them to make quick and often, bad, decisions.
- ESA plans course-changing 'blasting asteroid headed for earth' mission
- The European Space Agency is planning to launch a test mission to blow up a huge asteroid to see if its course changes from hurtling towards Earth.
- New genetic cause of blinding eye disease, retinitis pigmentosa, found
- A new genetic cause of the blinding eye disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP) has been found, and in the process an entirely new version of the message that codes for th
- Diamond computer chips, circuits highly immune to extreme environments
- Scientists have discovered that computer chips and electronic circuitries made of diamond are adapt to extreme environments.
- World's first skin cancer vaccine may be available within 1 year
- An Australian scientist is on the verge of creating the world's first skin cancer vaccine.
- Latin America blueberries are the latest ‘extreme superfruits’!
- A new study has named a variety of fresh, antioxidant-rich blueberries as the latest "superfruit."
- Binge drinking during adolescence behind women’s poor map reading skills
- Women have been often criticised for their inability to read maps by exasperated male drivers.
- Why men are more susceptible to stomach cancer
- It is well known that several types of cancer, including stomach, liver and colon, are far more common in men than in women.
- ‘Sex between flu strains can create new influenza pandemic’
- A new study has found that 'sex' between the virus responsible for the 2009 flu pandemic (H1N1) and a common type of avian flu virus (H9N2) can produce offspring-n
- Pair of white dwarfs circling each other at breakneck speeds
- Astronomers have discovered a pair of white dwarfs- they are burned-out cores of stars like our Sun- spiralling into one another at breakneck speeds.
- Burrowing parrots crossed the Andes 120,000 years ago, finds study
- Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, together with colleagues from the University of Freiburg and the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology, Vie
- Ants ‘can spot their worst enemies’
- Ants can distinguish their worst enemies from the less threatening ones and react with appropriate aggression, according to a new study.
- Warming ocean layers could melt polar ice faster than thought
- A new study has warned that as the ocean's subsurface layers warm, it will melt the underwater portions of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets faster than expected.
- Mammals and fish ‘use tongues differently while chewing’
- A new study has shown that fish and mammals chew their food differently. While fish use tongue muscles to thrust food backward, mammals use them to position food for
- New ‘powerful’ vaccination strategy fights malaria better
- Scientists have discovered a powerful strategy to combat malaria that may be described as the most effective next-generation vaccination approach for the disease.
- Sleep apnea may up adverse pregnancy outcome risk
- A research has suggested that sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes.
- "Brain Speller" that turns thoughts into words, developed
- In a technological breakthrough, students at the University of Canberra have developed a "Brain Speller" that can read people's thoughts and translate them into w
- Wall Street too turning to Twitter for stock market predictions
- To gain a trading edge, Wall Street too is now turning to Twitter and other social media to wring useful intelligence out of the words, opinions, rants and even smil
- Biological invasions ‘may be more damaging than natural disasters’
- Biological invasions get less attention than natural disasters, but can be more economically damaging, according to biologists.nthony Ricciardi of McGill University
