Scientists have found that those who run barefoot, or in minimal footwear, tend to avoid “heel-striking,” and instead land on the ball of the foot or the middle of the foot. In so doing, these runners use the architecture of the foot and leg and som…
Scientists have discovered a novel survival factor whose rapid transport along nerve cells is crucial for keeping them alive. The same factor seems likely to be needed to keep our nerves healthy as we age.
Scientists are helping to find answers to one of the most difficult problems facing the world today: generating energy without accelerating climate change or harming food production. Researchers are investigating biofuels generated from wastes. Thes…
Italian scientists are seeking permission from French authorities to exhume the body of Leonardo da Vinci in order to conduct carbon and DNA testing they hope will solve many of the mysteries about the famous artist, the Associated Press reported Frida…
Scientists have discovered new clues to how and why groups of atoms and molecules may favor less symmetrical and more complex, flexible geometric patterns. The answer relates to a familiar concept in physics — entropy. The researchers literally fir…
A group of Italian scientists is seeking permission from French authorities to dig up the body of Leonardo Da Vinci to conduct carbon and DNA testing, in hopes of learning whether the ‘Mona Lisa’ is really a self-portrait.
A group of Italian scientists is seeking permission from French authorities to dig up the body of Leonardo Da Vinci to conduct carbon and DNA testing, in hopes of learning whether the ‘Mona Lisa’ is really a self-portrait.
Experts say their research does not undermine the scientific consensus on man-made climate change, but call for ‘closer examination’ of the way computer models consider water vapourScientists have underestimated the role that water vapour plays in determining global temperature changes, according to a new study that could fuel further attacks on the science of climate [...]
After scientists in London declared the G-spot may be a myth, gynaecologists gather in Paris to launch counter-attackThere are a handful of subjects – among them cricket, the weather and the art of downing pints through a funnel – on which the French deign to allow the English a degree of authority. Sex, however, is [...]
The colors of dinosaurs have long been a mystery, since soft parts aren’t preserved in the fossil record. But for the first time, scientists have teased out colors from fossilized feathers to reveal the orange-and-white ringed tail of a 125-million-…