Age : Science World Report

Apr 01, 2015 05:14 PM EDT

Factors Relating To Family Income May Affect A Child's Brain Development

Could children raised in lower income families potentially experience slower brain development? New findings published in Nature Neuroscience examine how this has affected some growing up in certain environments and how programs that aim to alleviate poverty may be effective in raising cognition lev...

Mar 05, 2015 10:02 PM EST

The Brain May Not Age Quite As Quickly As We Thought

Now new findings published in the journal Human Brain Mapping suggest that these changes may not start to slow down quite so soon.

Dec 02, 2014 06:58 AM EST

Why Males Die Before Females: Competition for Sex

Why do males die earlier than females? That's a good question, and it's one that scientists have explored in fruit flies.

Jun 30, 2014 01:17 PM EDT

Fertility and Time: Does Age Really Affect Sperm Quality?

Previous studies have suggested that older men may have lower sperm counts, which can result in fertility issues among couples trying to conceive. However, a recent study found that conception may depend more on the women's fertility and less on the age of a man's sperm. In fact, researchers found t...

Jun 18, 2014 11:37 AM EDT