There are those among us who are “health blind”, i.e., handicapped at sensing the health signals most of us easily recognize on others around us. They are the color blind. But we at O2Amp can fix…

A new study has found that concentrations of arsenic, selenium, and mercury in bighead and silver carp from the lower Illinois River aren't a health concern. Importantly, inorganic arsenic…

We have learnt so much about the geology of other planets. Our spacecraft have discovered ancient oceans and rivers on Mars, and have found possible habitats for life. But we haven't discovered this…

It's easy to see geological features in our wonderful photographs of the solar system. Life though is more elusive. We could look straight at one of its habitats and see nothing.This is a photograph…

In the early part of the 20th century, after we had entered the Age of Flight, a strange phenomenon in Arabia was sighted.  Air travel had become more common and thus so did air delivery.…

Under-use of fertilizers in Africa currently contributes to a growing yield gap; the difference between how much crops could produce in ideal circumstances compared to actual yields.  Better…

With any pesticide, over-use can have harmful effects on the environment.  DDT has not been used in America for over four decades but Rutgers scholars say that exposure to DDT may also…

There are efforts to label obesity as a mental illness and a physical addiction. While that's good for psychologists who want get eating therapy paid by insurance claims, it may undermine…

Two of the world's most devastating plagues, the Justinian Plague and the famous Black Death hundreds of years later, were each responsible for killing as many as half the people in Europe. A new…

When we open our eyes, visual information floods the brain and it interprets what we're seeing. Researchers recently non-invasively mapped this flow of information in the human brain by combining two…