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Glyphosate is the most commonly used herbicide chemical in the world, sprayed everywhere from farms to backyards.

Scientists found the 'secret molecule' that allows Geobacter microbes to exhale electrons over vast distances underground

A deadly combination of two mosquito-borne viruses may be a trigger for stroke, new research has found.

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You can feel it on your laptop and mobile phone. It's behind your refrigerator and office copy machine. While heat is desirable for appliances like a coffee maker, it can jeopardize the reliability and safety of electron...

Venus just became a serious contender. But what are the other most promising locations for extra-terrestrial life?

Weird science took center stage at the 30th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony.

Early space travellers were younger men, but the average age has risen since the 1960s. More women are also now going to space, but they only make up 64 of the 566 to have left Earth

At sports venues designed to maximize crowd atmosphere, beware of hearing loss. Originally published:Apr 14 2014 - 2:45pm,Inside Science News ServiceBy:Brian Owens, ISNS Contributor(ISNS) -- The roar of the crowd is a ma...

The discovery of a possible sign of life on Venus highlights our ignorance of what is going on within its swirling clouds and on its furnace-like surface. It's time to go there and find some answers, writes Peter Gao

Is there a link between income inquality and kissing? And why do alligators make such loud bellows around mating season? Feedback reports from the Ig Nobel prize

(National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)) The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology has developed a unique superconducting hot electron bolometer mixer (HEBM) usin...

Study implicated hippocampal neurons in our ability to make educated guesses.

People who actively communicate in two or more languages may have a lower risk of cognitive decline associated with aging.

When a child reaches the age of two-and-a-half, the primary purpose of sleep changes from brain-building to brain maintenance and repair, a role it maintains for the rest of our lives.

Gamma interferons, a type of immune cell that induces and modulates several immune system responses, may also play a role in preventing depression.

An article address unresolved scientific questions that can help avert future lead poisoning disasters. A better-informed society can prevent such disasters from happening through improved risk assessment, anticipation a...

While numerous researchers have concluded that diet can help prevent or alleviate symptoms of depression, a new study reports the evidence to support such claims is weak.

Sleep in babies seems to mainly help develop new brain connections, but at the age of around two-and-a-half there is an abrupt shift to brain repair

A new study simultaneously examined the preferences of community members and compared those with the community-based programs and resources available to identify the most viable strategies for addressing disparities in h...

As our lives become increasingly intertwined with technology--whether supporting communication while working remotely or streaming our favorite show--so too does our reliance on the data these devices create. Data center...

A new hollow optical fiber greatly reduces the "noise" interfering with the signals it transmits compared to the single-mode fibers now widely used, researchers at the University of Rochester report.