Research: Time on screens has little impact on kids' social skills

Research: Time on screens has little impact on kids’ social skills

Despite the time spent with smartphones and social media, young people today are just as socially skilled as those from the previous generation, a...
Study: Mysterious island that formed in the Pacific Ocean

Study: Mysterious island that formed in the Pacific Ocean

A mysterious island that formed four years ago in the southern Pacific Ocean appears to be here to stay, according to NASA scientists.. The miracle...
Dire wolves genes show they weren’t really wolves, says new research

Dire wolves genes show they weren’t really wolves, says new research

For fans of the TV show Game of Thrones, dire wolves are often seen as mysterious iconic legends. Now, for the first time, an international...
Artificial intelligence could help soldiers learn faster in combat

Artificial intelligence could help soldiers learn faster in combat

Researchers from the University of Southern California and the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) have come up with a machine-learning based AI system which...

Research: What makes evolution go backwards? —

The study of evolution is revealing new complexities, showing how the traits most beneficial to the fitness of individual plants and animals are...

Research: Monetary price of health and air quality impacts —

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Monero -- the names of digital-based 'cryptocurrencies' are being heard more and more frequently. But despite having no physical...
Report: A dual-mechanism antibiotic kills Gram-negative bacteria and avoids drug resistance

Report: A dual-mechanism antibiotic kills Gram-negative bacteria and avoids drug resistance

Poison is lethal all on its own -- as are arrows -- but their combination is greater than the sum of their parts. A...

Research: The insect-like animal is also the first subterranean representative of its family in...

Amongst the fauna thriving in the subterranean spaces below the surface of the earth's crust, the insect-like diplurans and, precisely, those in the...

Research: New global standard counts the cost of environmental damage —

Environmental damage costs society enormous amounts of money -- and often leaves future generations to foot the bill. Now, a new ISO standard...

Research: Counting (on) sheep? Promising gene therapy for visually impaired sheep now safe for...

Back in 2009, a group of Israeli researchers identified a herd of Awassi sheep suffering from "day blindness." As its name implies, these...

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