Quitting smoking isn't always so easy. Statistics show that just about 70 percent of people who attempt to quit will relapse in as little as one week. Yet it appears that assessing how the bodies of smokers breakdown their nicotine addictions could improve the odds of how easily they can quit.
Now, recent findings published in the journal Diabetologia shows that the night shift work can further increase the risk of this health issue.
Statistics show that the chances of having identical triplets are roughly one-in-a million. However, for a Montana family, this rarity happened a bit more quickly than expected.
Maize is one of the staples of the Americas and now, scientists are learning a bit more about its ancient history. Researchers have analyzed the DNA of corn cobs and have found that maize actually followed two paths into the southwest.
Scientists have taken a closer look at synapses in the human brain and now, they may have discovered a mechanism linked to autism. They've identified a protein that, when disrupted, could lead to the development of autism.
Could viruses make us smarter? Scientists have examined inherited viruses that are millions of years old and have found that they play an important role in building up the complex networks that characterize the human brain.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is growing by leaps and bounds as technology improves. In fact, computer systems have been built that can beat human players in games. Yet defeating top human players isn't the same as actually solving a game. Now, though, scientists have solved heads-up limit hold'em po...
Scientists have uncovered a bit more about the indigenous society that inhabited Rapa Nui. It turns out that significant changes in land use and population dynamics could be to blame for the disappearance of these native people.
Scientists have discovered that removing native forest and starting intensive agriculture can accelerate soil erosion so dramatically that in a few decades, as much soil lost as would naturally occur over thousands of years.
Over the past 15 years, a warming "hiatus" has impacted the world. Now, scientists have found out what might have caused this stall in global warming: volcanic eruptions.
Marine pollution carries a direct effect for the surrounding environment, as well as the animals who make their homes in the depths of the ocean.
Conventional anti-depressants can take weeks or months to work properly. For patients dealing with bouts of manic depression or the flashback of a horrific event, these drugs alone might not be enough.
