COVID-19 a reminder of the challenge of emerging infectious diseases

The emergence and rapid increase in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a respiratory illness caused…

Physiotherapy could be done at home using virtual reality

Virtual reality could help physiotherapy patients complete their exercises at home successfully thanks to researchers who…

Hunter-gatherer networks accelerated human evolution

Humans began developing a complex culture as early as the Stone Age. This development was brought…

When should you eat to manage your weight? Breakfast, not late-night snacks

The balance between weight gain and weight gain loss is predominantly determined by what you eat,…

Male-killing bacteria linked to butterfly color changes

Like many poisonous animals, the African monarch butterfly’s orange, white and black pattern warns predators that…

Highlighting product greenness may put consumers off buying

New research suggests that companies looking to promote their latest environmentally friendly product should downplay its…

Cat food mystery foils diet study

How a study aimed at assessing the wildlife impacts of domestic cats was foiled by the…

How much does black carbon contribute to climate warming?

Black carbon particles — more commonly known as soot — absorb heat in the atmosphere. For…

An iron-clad asteroid

Mineralogists have discovered a previously unknown phenomenon in soil samples from the asteroid ‘Itokawa’: the surface…

DNA discovery can lead to new types of cancer drugs

Researchers have discovered that our cells replicate their DNA much more loosely than previously thought. The…