Are you influenced by the opinions of other people -- say, in the comments sections of websites? If your answer is no, here's another question: Ar...
A lot of people mix up the ozone hole and global warming, believing the hole is a major cause of the world's increasing average temperature. Scien...
An investigational malaria vaccine has been found to be safe, to generate an immune system response, and to offer protection against malaria infection...
Call it the Goldilocks Principle -- animals can survive and reproduce only if the temperature is just right. Too hot and they will overheat. Too cold ...
High pressures and temperatures cause materials to exhibit unusual properties, some of which can be special. Understanding such new properties is impo...
Forests have a limited capacity to soak up atmospheric carbon dioxide, according to a new study from Northern Arizona University. The study, available...
One of the world's longest migrations of zebras occurs in the African nation of Botswana, but predicting when and where zebras will move has not b...
A joint Group Health-University of Washington (UW) study in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that higher blood sugar levels are associate...
Dogs yawn（打呵欠） contagiously when they see a person yawning, and respond more frequently to their owner's yawns than to a stranger's, according...
A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has developed a technique that provides real-time images of how magnesium（镁） changes at t...