A team of scientists from Canada, Spain and the United States has identified a key gene that allows plants to defend themselves against environmental stresses like drought, freezing and heat.  "…

Autogynephilia: The love of one's self as a woman.  As used by psychologist and sexologist Ray Blanchard autogynephilia is a male's sexual attraction to the idea or image of their feminized self…

Who among us hasn't been tempted to take the easy way out? Hopefully we choose to do the right thing, but this isn't always the case. It's bad enough when your actions just affect you. But when they…

This topic isn't new, but it's worth revisiting (h/t to Bioephemera) - over at Physicsworld read about science's need for "black swan" scientists: If the path to discovery is full of surprises,…

A Brief History of the English Language Part 6 - Global English Part 1 briefly covered the period from the 5th century CE to the 14th century.Part 2 describes Chaucer's influence on the development…

HONG KONG, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- TC Interconnect Holdings Limited (515.HK) (the Group / http://www.tatchun.com ), one of the top 10 Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturers in Hong Kong and the…

SEATTLE and GENEVA, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- - Primary Endpoint met With a Significant Reduction in Relapse Rate - Secondary Endpoints met Including MRI Measures, Proportion of Patients Relapse-Free…

Radiolarians are exquisitely beautiful amoeboid protozoa that have been living as zooplankton in the world’s oceans for about 600 million years. These tiny, siliceous, single-celled…

LONDON, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- LONDON, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the embargoed news released by the Queen Mary University of London concerning the oral MS drug cladribine and the results…

ANDOVER, England, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Almost 1 in 8 managers in the UK has a problem trusting their staff when it comes to taking time off to visit the dentist, research released today reveals…