PREHISTORIC WOMEN WERE STRONGER THAN MODERN ROWERS, RESEARCHERS SAY

Prehistoric women had stronger arms than modern-day rowers, likely due to the rigors of early farming, which included tilling fields and grinding grain by... READ MORE›

A HUGE GLOBAL STUDY HAS FOUND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR SMARTPHONES LESS

A huge study which involved over 70,000 participants has found that younger people are spending less time on their smartphones... READ MORE›

BOTANICAL GARDENS A LIFEBOAT FOR THREATENED PLANTS

Botanical gardens are a Noah's Ark for endangered plants, collectively safeguarding four out of 10 species known to face extinction, researchers said Monday... READ MORE›

BABIES, IF THEY WATCH ADULTS REPEATEDLY TRY TO ACHIEVE A GOAL, CAN COPY THAT TENACITY

Across the three experiments, children consistently pressed the button more often if they'd seen the researcher struggle than if she had solved her tasks easily... READ MORE›

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THE SCIENTISTS FIGHTING TO SAVE US FROM A WORLD WITHOUT COFFEE

Eventually, the coffee plants deemed most resistant to both colder temperatures and leaf-rust will be selected for planting... READ MORE›

'ELECTRIC' BACTERIA CAN PURIFY SEWAGE WATER

The water is purified the natural way, by underground microorganisms - a traditional method improved with the latest research... READ MORE›

GLOBAL HACKING ATTACK INFECTS 57,000 COMPUTERS

Cyber-extortionists on Friday tricked victims into opening malicious malware attachments to spam emails that appeared to contain invoices, job offers, security warnings, and other legitimate files... READ MORE›

INVESTIGATORS TO RELEASE RECORDER DATA FROM TRAIN CRASH ON THURSDAY

Poor African women are chosen because they are the high-risk group... READ MORE›

WHY ANXIOUS PEOPLE MAY WANT TO ORDER EXTRA PICKLES

A study led by researchers at William and Mary found that college students who eat such foods--think yogurt, sauerkraut, pickles, kimchi--report fewer social anxiety symptoms... READ MORE›

STRESSED YOUNG BEES COULD BE CAUSE OF COLONY DECLINES, SCIENTISTS FIND

Bees having to forage younger because older workers have been killed off for disease could be key factor behind colony collapse disorder... READ MORE›

BROTHER JERICHO IS 'ALIVE AND WELL' DESPITE REPORTS, SAYS PRIDE RESEARCHER

Cecil the lion Brother Jericho is 'alive and well' despite reports, says pride researcher... READ MORE›

BOMBERS FILMED NUCLEAR RESEARCHER, EXPERT SAYS

The brothers behind this week's Brussels bombings also spied on a top nuclear researcher in the hope of building a so-called dirty bomb... READ MORE›

MEET 'DRACORAPTOR,' A NEW SPECIES OF DINOSAUR

The fossils were found in Wales in 2014 and it is thought to be the oldest Jurassic dinosaur ever found in the United Kingdom... READ MORE›

COMMENT: HOW EXPERIENCING AWE TRANSFORMS THE WAY YOU TREAT THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU

Even after controlling for other positive emotions like love, the researchers attributed this feeling to the subjects' sense of awe... READ MORE›

AMAZON RAINFOREST WAS HOME TO MILLIONS BEFORE EUROPEAN ARRIVAL, SAYS STUDY

Amazon rainforest was home to millions of people before European arrival, says study... READ MORE›

'CATASTROPHIC FAILURE': SCIENTISTS REVEAL WHY SHOELACES COME UNDONE

The strong version is based on a square knot, which is more symmetrical, while the so-called false knot twists when tightened rather than lying flat... READ MORE›

COFFEE WINE KEEP MICROBES IN YOUR GUT HEALTHY SCIENTISTS SAY

The researchers analyzed stool samples of 1,135 Dutch participants in the Lifelines-DEEP study... READ MORE›

Women are, however, more likely to have a silent heart attack which manifests itself without pain... READ MORE›

SCIENTISTS SEEK CROWDFUNDING FOR PAEDOPHILIA DRUG TRIAL

Swedish researchers are using a British funding platform to finance trials of a controversial drug therapy, which they hope will reduce child sexual abuse... READ MORE›

INDIA'S DEATH ROW PRISONERS FACE HORRIFIC CONDITIONS, STUDY FINDS

Inmates also often fear their imprisonment is a burden on their families and loved ones, who have to bear the exorbitant costs of criminal lawyers... READ MORE›

'CATASTROPHIC FAILURE': WHY SHOELACES MYSTERIOUSLY COME UNTIED

PARIS - A mystery as old as laced shoes was unraveled Wednesday by experiments that reveal how shoelaces come undone when we are on the move... READ MORE›

CLIMATE CHANGE COULD CAUSE 500,000 MORE DEATHS IN 2050

The prediction of 500,000 extra deaths in 2050 is a middle-of-the road scenario compared with a world without climate change, the study says... READ MORE›

'ROGUE ONE' TAKES IN $64.3 MILLION FOR DISNEY OVER WEEKEND

Sing, an animated feature from Comcast Corp.'s Universal Pictures, placed second with sales of 56.4 million, researcher ComScore said Monday in a statement... READ MORE›

STUDY FINDS MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES OF TATTOO INK CAN SEEP DEEP INTO THE BODY

The researchers also used a technique called Fourier transform infrared spectro-scopy to assess changes in tissue near tattoo particles at the molecular level... READ MORE›

DOZENS OF COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY FAST-MOVING CYBERATTACKS

A fast-moving wave of cyberattacks swept the globe on Friday, apparently exploiting a flaw exposed in documents leaked from the US National Security Agency... READ MORE›

GETTING RAIL FREIGHT BACK ON TRACK IN EUROPE

Futuris has been investigating how a European research project is helping to get train freight back on track... READ MORE›

TRAINERS WITH LESS PADDING 'CAN HELP TO REDUCE RUNNING INJURIES'

The paper, Footwear Matters Influence Of Footwear And Foot Strike On Load Rates During Running, is published in the journal Medicine Science in Sports Exercise... READ MORE›

IOT SECURITY: SENATE BILL PROPOSES SAFEGUARDS FOR GOVERNMENT'S INTERNET-CONNECTED DEVICES

Currently, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA prevents anyone, including security researchers, from circumventing copyright protections--even if done for a reason that would not violate copyright... READ MORE›

FIRST FLUORESCENT FROG FOUND IN ARGENTINA

BUENOS AIRES - The first naturally fluorescent frog was discovered recently in Argentina -- almost by chance, a member of the team of researchers said Thursday... READ MORE›

GROWING GAP IN LIFE SPANS SEPARATES THE RICH AND POOR

Many researchers believe the gap in life spans from lower- to upper-income Americans started widening about 40 years ago, when income inequality began to grow... READ MORE›

RESEARCHER FINDS 'KILL SWITCH' FOR CYBERATTACK RANSOMEWARE

The researcher, tweeting as MalwareTechBlog, said the discovery was accidental, but that registering a domain name used by the malware stops it from spreading... READ MORE›

STUDY REDRAWS ROUTE OF HUMAN PASSAGE INTO AMERICAS TO THE NORTHWEST COAST

The innovative methods they used for reconstructing the late Ice Age ecosystem was crucial... READ MORE›

HACKERS EXPLOIT STOLEN U.S. SPY AGENCY TOOL TO LAUNCH GLOBAL CYBERATTACK

Researchers with security software maker Avast said they had observed 57,000 infections in 99 countries with Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan the top targets... READ MORE›

FOSSIL BIRD HAD RECORD WINGSPAN

Her colleague Marcos Cenizo, the director of the Natural Sciences Museum of La Pampa, said the bird was the largest pelagornithid specimen ever found... READ MORE›