Credit: Portland State University Portland State study demonstrates how plants, trees and reflective materials can reduce extreme heat in city neighborhoods Planting more vegetation, using...
The risk of developing Alzheimer's disease increases with age. Susanne Wegmann of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Berlin and colleagues have uncovered...
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Storm Cosme formed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean over the weekend of July 6 and 7 and after two days, the...
Credit: WSU Boredom is a common human experience. But how people cope with or handle being bored is important for mental health. "Everybody experiences boredom,"...
For the first time, scientists grappling with how to improve the efficiency of CRISPR technology -- a gene-editing platform that uses an enzyme called Cas9...
Neural networks-based SpoilerNet is designed to catch online spoilers before they catch you off guard Did social media spoil the Avengers' Endgame movie for you?...
New AMNH paper provides first reconstructions of some extinct species and a computer-aided map of the seawayCredit: © Carl Buell A new paper to be...
In the age of high-tech electronics many kids spend about half their visit with grandparents watching videos or playing with apps Grandparents have long been...
Environmental factors have much less of an influence on how successful species are today compared to prehistoric times For more than 150 years, scientists have...
Credit: Dr. Max Goodson Kuwait has some of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in the world, and scientists don't know why. This question...
Small mammals, including weasels, mink, and chipmunks, are using vegetated medians for foraging in Canada Vegetated highway medians are a proverbial buffet for small mammals,...
Rates of severe coal workers' pneumoconiosis -- also known as black lung disease -- among coal miners have been on the rise recently despite regulations...
New findings suggest a re-thinking of massive underwater volcanoCredit: University of Houston The discovery of Tamu Massif, a gigantic volcano located about 1,000 miles east...
Potential precursors to life on Earth form from a variety of complex mixtures, according to a team of scientists who say this could point to...
(Boston)--In an effort to address the opioid epidemic in new, safe and effective ways, increasing access to buprenorphine, without a prescription, could prove helpful for...
