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…
Grandmothers to Grandmothers!!!
When Janet Siddall first visited Africa in the 1980s, she was bowled over. “I was absolutely captivated by the landscape,…
Spinal Disc Implants Help Fight Back Pain
In what is surely to elicit sighs of relief from the millions of people who suffer from lower back and…
“Sea Monster” Fetus Found
Like whales, humans, and most other mammals, plesiosaurs—giant, long-necked marine reptiles of dinosaur times—gave birth to live young, a new…
Rare Antelope Caught by Camera Trap
Until the recent camera trap surveys, the Aders’ duiker (pictured) was thought to live only in two shrinking forests—one in…
Meditation ‘cuts risk of heart attack by half’
Meditation is good for the body as well as the mind, scientists have discovered, as the practice significantly reduces the…