Next time the warning lights on your car’s dash send you into a tizzy and the automotive gobbledygook in the…
Month: August 2011
Sniffer dogs detect lung cancer
Sniffer dogs can be used to reliably detect lung cancer, according to researchers in Germany. Writing in the European Respiratory…
9 New Species Found
Boasting “crazy” evolutionary adaptations, a new group of so-called fanged frogs—cousins of this Luzon fanged frog (file picture)—has been discovered…
There Are Only 14 Different Kinds Of Noses
How many different shapes of human noses are there? Ten? Fifty? Hundreds? The correct answer is 14, according to Abraham…
New drug could cure nearly any viral infection
Most bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as penicillin, discovered decades ago. However, such drugs are useless against…
Darkest Planet Found
It may be hard to imagine a planet blacker than coal, but that’s what astronomers say they’ve discovered in our…
Happy people live healthier, longer lives
Happy people have an advantage over unhappy ones–they may be healthier and may live longer. An extensive review of literature…
10 new frogs discovered in India’s great rainforest
Ten new species of frog have been discovered in India’s Western Ghats according to two new papers in Biosystematica. Although…
Babies can taste veggies in the womb
Many a parent has struggled to get their children to eat their greens. Now scientists think mothers can make a…
Plants and fungi share fair-trade underground market
Beneath your feet, plants and fungi are exchanging nutrients in a marketplace where generosity is rewarded and cheating punished. The…