Marine protected areas often expensive and misplaced

Many marine protected areas are often unnecessarily expensive and located in the wrong places, an international…

‘Lower status’ people more likely to share wealth than ‘higher status’ people

When playing an economic game those that were assigned as 'lower status' were more likely to…

Gaming or gambling? Online transactions blur boundaries

In-game purchasing systems, such as 'loot boxes', in popular online games resemble gambling and may pose…

Handwashing and house cleaning may protect against chemicals added to furniture

Washing your hands and cleaning your house frequently may help to lower your contact with common…

Climate change linked to potential population decline in bees

A new study has found that climate change may drive local extinction of mason bees in…

Summer dead zones in Chesapeake Bay breaking up earlier

A new study shows that dead zones in the lower Chesapeake Bay are beginning to break…

A new tactic for starving tumors

Scientists have found a metabolic particularity in tumor cells that are low on oxygen. The discovery…

Patients believed allergic to penicillin have increased risks of MRSA and C. difficile

Analysis of outpatient records of large number of British patients reveals that those believed to be…

New insight into how Autism might develop in human brain

Scientists have revealed a molecular mechanism that may play a role in the development of autism.

Scientists use hydrophone to listen in on methane seeps in ocean

A research team has successfully recorded the sound of methane bubbles from the seafloor off the…