Who doesn't want more brain power? Credit: James Steidl By Elizabeth Maratos, University of Leicester The practice of physically stimulating the brain in order to alleviate symptoms of illness and…

The evolution of new traits with novel functions has long been studied by evolutionary biology and a new study of the color markings of cichlid fish has shed some new light on it. Swiss scientists…

Sometimes organic food kills and there is nothing more natural than locally-hunted wild meat bought at a local market.  Now it turns out that ebola, as with many emerging infections, may have…

A close up of one of the hand stencils found in the prehistoric caves in Indonesia. Credit: Kinez Riza, Author provided By Paul S.C.Taçon, Griffith University; Adam Brumm, Griffith University, and…

Credit: Institute of Responsible Technology By Jon Entine, Genetic Literacy Project It’s perplexing that strident anti-GMO critics who regularly harp on the “danger” of harvesting a “…

Elephants are among the most intelligent non-humans, arguably on par with chimpanzees, and both African and Asian elephants are endangered.  In 1995, 16-month old Kumari, the first Asian…

A once-in-a-century supernova, dubbed SN2014J, in a the nearby galaxy Messier 82 - the Cigar Galaxy - 12 million light-years away has been spotted; a pulsating dead star beaming with the energy of…

Credit: Shutterstock One thing certain about nature - it sure isn't efficient. Just take a look at the human male reproductive system and you get the idea that if it was designed, it was designed by…

Commotion outside house of infected nurse Teresa Ramos near Madrid. Credit: EPA By Peter Barlow, Edinburgh Napier University The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is the worst in recorded history. There…

Violent rhetoric appeals to disaffected young men because it gives them a challenge to express aggression as 'proof' of manhood. Credit: Sillouetted children playing as soldiers/Shutterstock By David…