Traditional Buddhist teachings exclude LGBTQ people from monastic life, but change is coming slowly

The symbolic image of the silently meditating nun or chanting monk often embodies the Buddhist religion.…

How AI found the words to kill cancer cells

Using new machine learning techniques, researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF), in collaboration with a team…

How intensive agriculture turned a wild plant into a pervasive weed

New research in Science shows how the rise of modern agriculture has turned a North American…

Study reveals strong uplift of northeastern Tibet Plateau in late Miocene

The uplift of the Tibet Plateau is considered to be the main driving force behind the…

Discovery of a cellular uptake pathway for larger drug molecules

Recent findings by UCSF and Arc Institute scientists open up new possibilities for overcoming a fundamental…

The oldest DNA ever found reveals a snapshot of a vanished world

At the icy northern tip of Greenland, far into the Artic Circle, a deep bed of…

Insider trades on behalf of family are more lucrative than other trades, study finds

When people hear the term “insider trading,” they typically think of financial scandals involving Martha Stewart,…

White Americans who believe White people are poor may be more likely to support welfare policies

White Americans who think that White people are poor are more likely to believe that welfare…

People respond more intuitively to spoken language and more analytically when reading, study finds

Opinion poll or survey results could potentially change depending on whether respondents are provided with spoken…

Study explores crowdfunding and entrepreneurial failure

As means to raise capital for a business venture, crowdfunding has come increasingly to the fore…