Study: Brain anatomy links cognitive and perceptual symptoms in autism — (Details)
Neuroscientists at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) and University College London have found an anatomical link between cognitive and perceptual symptoms...
Study: Biology of leptin, the hunger hormone, revealed — (Details)
In a new study, Yale researchers offer insight into leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in appetite, overeating, and obesity. Their...
Study: New paper proposes that variation in brain energy expenditure during childhood could be...
Weight gain occurs when an individual's energy intake exceeds their energy expenditure -- in other words, when calories in exceed calories out. What...
Study: Your circle of friends is more predictive of your health, study finds —...
Wearable fitness trackers have made it all too easy for us to make assumptions about our health. We may look to our heart...
Study: With precise control, researchers could make a mouse sing or not on command...
Researchers at Duke University have isolated a cluster of neurons in a mouse's brain that are crucial to making the squeaky, ultrasonic 'songs'...
Study: Early-season hurricanes result in greater transmission of mosquito-borne infectious disease — (Details)
The timing of a hurricane is one of the primary factors influencing its impact on the spread of mosquito-borne infectious diseases such as...
Study: Downward head tilt can make people seem more dominant — (Details)
We often look to people's faces for signs of how they're thinking or feeling, trying to gauge whether their eyes are narrowed or...
Study: Sensing food textures is a matter of pressure — (Details)
Food's texture affects whether it is eaten, liked or rejected, according to Penn State researchers, who say some people are better at detecting...
Study: Rheumatoid arthritic pain could be caused by antibodies — (Details)
Antibodies that exist in the joints before the onset of rheumatoid arthritis can cause pain even in the absence of arthritis, researchers from...
Study: A sauna session is just as exhausting as moderate exercise, study finds —...
Your blood pressure does not drop during a sauna visit -- it rises, as well as your heart rate. This increase is even...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
