Some people have a distinct, disabling sleep disorder called "primary hypersomnia" - they regularly sleep more than 70 hours per week and have difficulties awakening. Even when awake, they still…

A universal approach to helping people who witnessed or experience genocide may be misguided, says an anthropologist. The experience of genocide as transmitted trauma may not be universal but in the…

Einstein infamously said, and he said so many times, that god does not play dice.  He said this in order to refute indeterminism, and therefore, we cannot say that he was correct:  The…

Bones are resilient and heal well after most fractures but in cases of traumatic injury, where large pieces of bone are missing, healing is much more difficult and sometimes impossible. "Large…

Studying the genetic variability of endangered species will be necessary for species conservation and monitoring but endangered species are difficult to observe and sample and typically have very…

An enzyme used in nature can make powerful chemicals as diverse as catnip and a cancer drug, vinblastine, which opens up the prospect of producing these chemicals cheaply and efficiently.  "…

A new class of materials has shown to be able to form dynamic, moving structures. Researchers have demonstrated tiny spheres that synchronize their movements as they self-assemble into a spinning…

What can Kung Fu Nuns teach CERN scientists about cosmic energy?   To start with, they would have to convince CERN scientists that 'cosmic energy' actually exists, and they recently got a chance…

 A new device called the Argus II has been implanted in over 50 patients, many of whom can now see color, movement and objects and researchers have even streamed braille patterns directly into a…

Cardio3 BioSciences (C3BS) announced it has received authorization from the Belgian Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMHP) to begin its Congestive Heart failure Cardiopoietic…