Female lemurs may behave a bit more like guys, thanks to some testosterone. While males rule in most of the animal world, lemurs have a very different social pecking order--and scientists may have found out why.
It turns out that some animals may create their own sunscreen. Scientists have found that fish produce their own protection from the sun and have now copied the method for potential use in humans.
The dark material coating parts of Jupiter's moon, Europa, may actually be sea salt. Scientists believe that these dark features could be evidence of a subsurface ocean.
About 55 million years ago, an abrupt global warming even triggered a highly corrosive deep water current. Now, scientists are taking a closer look in order to see what implications this may have for climate warming.
How do you halt magnetic fields? Physicists have created a shielding device that dampens low frequency magnetic fields more than a million-fold.
With the help of ESO's Very Large Telescope, scientists have discovered a new class of "dark" globular clusters around the giant galaxy Centaurus A.
Scientists have discovered that supplementing the plant-based Mediterranean diet with antioxidant-rich virgin olive oil or mixed nuts was associated with improved cognitive function.
Astronomers may have a weather forecast for a planet far beyond our solar system. Using sensitive observations from the Kepler space telescope, scientists have uncovered daily weather cycles on six extra-solar planets.
New findings published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry suggest that walnuts could help to slow the growth of colon cancer. Researchers found that a diet that threw in some walnuts to the mix helped to slow colorectal tumor growth, otherwise known as the third most common cancer diagnosed ...
Research shows that survival from a rare malignancy known as mesenchymal chondrosarcoma, which begins in the cartilage around bones and typically strikes young adults, still remains low at just 20 percent for patients at the 10-year mark.
If you want to workout and save money doing it, a bike might be right up your alley.
New findings published in Ostetrics & Gynecology show that certain prenatal exercises can significantly help to reduce the risk of need for a Caesarean section or potentially giving birth to a larger baby, according to researchers at the University of Alberta.
