The PRIORI project at University of Michigan says they have created a smartphone app that monitors subtle qualities of a person's voice during everyday phone conversations - and can detect…

You've really got to hand it to all those 15-minute oil change places that dot the American landscape: they know how to pull motorists in. With their brightly colored signs and endless promotions,…

Gluten-free fads are all the rage and a preliminary result by reseachers at the University of Copenhagen want to see if there are health benefits for people who don't have celiac disease.…

Researchers have reported a unique discovery; the marine dinoflagellate Dapsilidinium pastielsii in Southeast Asia, notably the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool.  This unicellular species, with planktonic…

Homemade, inexpensive stink bug traps crafted from simple household items outshine pricier models designed to kill the invasive, annoying bugs. So save your money. Fill a foil roasting pan with…

Media has always been partisan but when it was only partisan one way, that was the norm. It was considered objective and impartial. In the US, there were social conservative Democrats who believed in…

A new study looked into the modulatory effects that musical training could have on the use of the different sides of the brain when performing music and language tasks.  It found that brief…

A new study finds that anxiety about a competitive situation makes even the most physically active of us more likely to slip-up. You didn't need psychologists to tell you the obvious - stage fright…

If you examine all of the high-profile crimes that have happened any time recently, they share one thing; psychiatric medication. It was once common to ask someone who was acting bizarrely if they…

I'd like to share some of the amazing range of rhythms you can find, linking music and maths, some discovered only in the last few years. These include: fibonacci gamelan patterns - highly structured…