According to a recent study conducted by economist Dr. Catherine Tucker from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and marketing professor Dr. Anja Lambrecht of London Business School, women see fewer
Preliminary findings published in PLOS One on July 25th point to the potential of turning the destructive power of the Zika virus against tumors. A team of researchers from Nemours Children’s
Astronomers have been tracking a single star for over 20 years as it whizzes around the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky way galaxy at speeds of
New data presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on July 25th came as an unexpected surprise. Patients receiving the drug performed 30 percent better on cognitive tests than those
Eleven babies in the Netherlands have died during a clinical trial in which pregnant women were administered Sildenafil ― sold by Pfizer under the trade name Viagra ― to boost
A new study published on July 23rd in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1) highlights the potentially positive impact of the increasing wolf spider population (a member of
An article published on July 16th in Nature Biotechnology has led to much debate over the safety of potential CRISPR-based therapies (1). The much-touted gene editing technology may not be as
Current guidelines from both the NHS and World Health Organisation recommend that parents wait until infants are about six months old before giving them solid food. According to new research,
Spiders are capable of gliding through the air using Earth’s electric field, according to new research. Thanks to an ability known as ballooning, spiders have been found as far as
Scientists have reversed a condition in rats that causes blood vessels in the brain to narrow, a discovery which could lead to a new treatment for dementia and stroke in