Robot epigenetics: Adding complexity to embodied robot evolution

For the first time, researchers in the field of evolutionary robotics have used physically embodied robots…

Early climate ‘payback’ with higher emission reductions

Climate scientists have shown the early mitigation needed to limit eventual warming below potentially dangerous levels…

Here’s one secret to successful schools that costs nothing

Most factors that help make schools successful cost lots of money -- think teachers, technology and…

Real-world massage is effective treatment for low back pain, study shows

Real-world massage therapy to be an effective treatment for chronic low back pain, researchers found in…

How melanoma tumors form

Researchers have documented in continuous, real time how melanoma cells form tumors. The team report the…

Rock exposed in World War I trenches offers new fossil find

An unusual fossil find is giving scientists new ideas about how some of the earliest animals…

Early life antibiotic use linked to inflammatory gut diseases in adulthood

A new research report involving mice shows that antibiotic use very early in life that alters…

Close connection between deep currents and climate

The Labrador Sea in the northwestern Atlantic is one of the key regions of the global…

Microbial colonizers of Arctic soils are sensitive to future climate change

Ecosystems created by melting glaciers in the Arctic are sensitive to climate change and human activity,…

Do smart songbirds always get the girl?

Compelling evidence shows females prefer mates with better cognitive abilities in a number of animals and…