More decisive people tend to be more confident in their judgments than those who second-guess themselves, despite not actually making better decisionsCredit: Sydney Rae, Unsplash,...
Compared to COVID-19 PCR testing, dogs can detect infections with high sensitivity (97%), though lower specificity (91%) - even when patients are asymptomaticCredit: Nosaïs Team,...
A cave in southern Spain was used by ancient humans as a canvas for artwork and as a burial place for over 50,000 years, according...
Electric organs help electric fish, such as the electric eel, do all sorts of amazing things: They send and receive signals that are akin to...
Usually, increasing agricultural productivity depends on adding something, such as fertilizer or water. A new Stanford University-led study reveals that removing one thing in particular...
A large-scale study of U.S. children and adolescents has found that participation in a team sport is associated with fewer mental health difficulties, but that...
A study from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management finds teammates who thanked each other before performing a high-stress task had...
DALLAS (SMU) – Want to be less selfish, manipulative or impulsive? Credit: SMU (Southern Methodist University) DALLAS (SMU) – Want to be less selfish, manipulative or...
Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have developed a new highly sensitive blood test for tuberculosis (TB) that screens for DNA fragments of the Mycobacterium...
Solar energy is a popular candidate for a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. A solar cell, or photovoltaic (PV) cell, converts sunlight directly into electricity....
Many cancer treatments are notoriously savage on the body; they attack healthy cells at the same time as tumor cells, causing a plethora of side...
WHAT: Individuals with HIV who began taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the early stages of infection achieved a lengthy period of HIV suppression without ART...
A remarkable discovery and collaborative effort have revealed a new type of triterpenes, a group of organic compounds which are an important source of many...
Researchers reporting in the journal Cell Genomics on June 1 have produced the first catalogue of genomic diversity for endangered chimpanzees in the wild. The...
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- When your brain needs you to pay attention to something important, one way it can do that is to send out a...
