Humans and monkeys show similar thinking patterns
Humans and monkeys may not speak the same lingo, but our ways of thinking are a lot more similar than previously thought, according to new research from UC Berkeley, Harvard University and...
Reasons why some words may be more memorable than others
Thousands of words, big and small, are crammed inside our memory banks just waiting to be swiftly withdrawn and strung into sentences. In a recent study of epilepsy patients and healthy volunteers,...
Raw milk may do more harm than good (See Reasons)
Raw or unpasteurized cows' milk from U.S. retail stores can hold a huge amount of antimicrobial-resistant genes if left at room temperature, according to a new study from researchers at the University...
Scientists decode how the brain senses smell
Scientists have further decoded how mammalian brains perceive odors and distinguish one smell from thousands of others.
In experiments in mice, NYU Grossman School of Medicine researchers have for...
Exercise can slow or prevent vision loss, study finds
Exercise can slow or prevent the development of macular degeneration and may benefit other common causes of vision loss, such as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, new research suggests.
The...
Viruses can steal our genetic code to create new human-virus genes
Like a scene out of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," a virus infects a host and converts it into a factory for making more copies of itself. Now researchers have shown that...
