As in Alice's journey through the looking-glass to Wonderland, mirrors in the real world can sometimes behave in surprising and unexpected ways, i...
Scientists have shown for the first time that when insect larvae follow a leader to forage for food, both leaders and followers benefit, growing much ...
Research to be published in the International Journal of Web-Based Communities suggests that the familiar interfaces of online social networking sites...
Results of a small clinical trial suggest that a chemical derived from broccoli sprouts -- and best known for claims that it can help prevent certain ...
Few people devote time to pondering the ancient origins of the eel-like lamprey, yet the evolutionary saga of the bloodsucker holds essential clues to...
Increasing reliance on renewable energies is the way to achieve greater CO2 emission sustainability and energy independence. As such energies are yet ...
This might allow for improved disaster preparedness. As the complex systems technique builds upon a mathematical comparison that can be utilised for a...
The climate is getting warmer, the ice sheets are melting and sea levels are rising -- but how much? The report of the UN's Intergovernmental Pane...
Extreme adaptations of species often cause such significant changes that their evolutionary history is difficult to reconstruct. Zoologists at the Uni...
The house fly might be a worldwide pest, but its genome will provide information that could improve our lives. From insights into pathogen immunity, t...