In this humorous, detailed, yet still accessible book, neuroscientist and illustrator Matteo Farinella takes the reader on a wild ride through key figures and fascinating facts about each of our five ...

New research suggests that opioids released during sex improve rats' performance How do rats know when their partners are feeling amorous? One way female rats show they're feeling frisky is to wiggle ...

Central auditory processing disorder (APD), a hearing disability, can impact cognitive functioning and academic performance in those who experience it. It is typically diagnosed in childhood. Children ...

Central auditory processing disorder (APD), a hearing disability, can impact cognitive functioning and academic performance in those who experience it. It is typically diagnosed in childhood. Children ...

Stories of sea serpents and other ocean-dwelling monsters are long-standing myths. Now, in research published in the journal Fish and Fisheries, one scientist has uncovered the culprit behind ...

Although scientists had heard anecdotal reports of this behavior in the past, these researchers were able to catch the mobbing peccaries on video camera traps. In one video, a group of 15 peccaries ...

Wider and wider container ships carry more cargo but are extremely difficult to steer in tight spaces like a canal Squeezing big hardware through tight spaces is not a new problem. While some attempts ...

Aging is, at least for now, inevitable, and our eyes are not immune to those changes. Vision loss is, in fact, one of the top 10 causes of disability in the US. A new study, however, shows that this ...

The bathypelagic zone of the ocean, which spans depths between 1,000 and 4,000 meters (3,300 – 13,100 feet) below the ocean’s surface, is characterized by permanent darkness, low temperatures, and ...

Central auditory processing disorder (APD), a hearing disability, can impact cognitive functioning and academic performance in those who experience it. It is typically diagnosed in childhood. Children ...

CRISPR-Cas9 is the most precise and efficient gene editing system that exists. Now, researchers working with golden rice are focused on developing a Cas9 system that can insert a desired gene, rather ...

Great article, Natalia! I think the quote from Ben Green really nails the heart of this issue: even if we could somehow make a perfectly “fair” risk assessment, it would still be created on the basis ...