According to a recently published report on New Scientist, the number of eggs that a woman has in her ovaries could be an indicator of a lot more than fertility. The results of the new study were published at the annual meeting of the American
BPA, the most famous carcinogenic plastic, is routinely used on “store and fast food receipts, airline tickets, ATM receipts and other thermal papers, [they] all use massive amounts of BPA on the surface of the paper as a print developer,” according to ScienceDaily’s discussion of
Nigeria, the west African industrial powerhouse with a population of 174 million, which fired 16,000 doctors as Ebola extended into its borders… is now completely free of Ebola. Yes, you read that correctly: Ebola has not been seen for over 2 “infection periods” of
About 250.000 have to be hospitalized annually in the U.S. because of the bacteria named “Clostridium difficile”, which cause the death for at least 14.000 of them. A hopeful new study revealed that a capsule with a single, unexpected ingredient may help fight off
One of the most classic arguments: is it nature or nurture which more determine who we become? Is our life somehow predetermined or laid out in our predispositions, or can environmental factors compensate for even the most radical genetic tendencies? The question has also
The story is similar to what I wrote about the relative ice growth and loss in 2013: Antarctic ice is growing while Arctic ice is lost… the end result is then, probably not very shocking to anyone paying much attention, that we are overall
A new study by researchers at the Islamic University of Bangladesh investigated whether software could correctly identify the emotion of a person typing on a computer, simply by how long they held down the keys and how fast the participants typed. They found that
There are a lot more than 12 things that any effective activist should know, many of those unlisted here are dependant on what you are doing, where you are, and what exactly you are trying to achieve. These 12 basic tips should be useful
This image displays how infectious various diseases are: putting Ebola in the context of HIV, Hepatitis C, Mumps, and Measles using their “R0” score, which refers to the basic reproduction number of each contagion. This represents the average number of people who an infected individuals
A recent meta-analysis conducted by the WWF (World Wildlife Fund), the Zoological Society of London, and several key contributions from researchers from Standford and Cambridge universities, has found that Earth’s ecological well-being is vastly more endangered than previously accepted. When looking at representative populations
