Intelligence Is Largely Inherited, Says Study

Intelligence Is Largely Inherited, Says Study

They say a picture tells a thousand stories, but can it also tell how smart you are?  Yes, say UCLA researchers.  In a Journal of Neuroscience study, UCLA neurology professor Paul Thompson…
Eat Dogs, Get Rabies?

Eat Dogs, Get Rabies?

Eating dog meat is common in Asia. In two case studies published by PLoS Medicine, researchers analyzed situations in Hanoi where men died from laboratory-confirmed rabies. The first patient was a 48…
Drought and Water Overuse in Europe

Drought and Water Overuse in Europe

COPENHAGEN and ISTANBUL, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- From golf courses to books, olive oil to vaccinations, all the goods and services that we rely on, together with many of our daily activities,…
The Mighty Diatom Weighs In On Climate Change

The Mighty Diatom Weighs In On Climate Change

Tiny creatures at the bottom of the food chain called diatoms suck up nearly a quarter of the atmosphere's carbon dioxide, yet research by Michigan State University scientists suggests they could…
A Parade Of Saturn's Moons For St. Patrick's Day

A Parade Of Saturn's Moons For St. Patrick's Day

The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a photo sequence of four moons of Saturn passing in front of their parent planet. The moons, from far left to far right, are icy white Enceladus and Dione…
A Better Method For Engineering Flu Vaccines

A Better Method For Engineering Flu Vaccines

A new computerized method of testing could help world health officials better identify flu vaccines that are effective against multiple strains of the disease. Rice University scientists who created…