NASA astronaut and Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams returned to Earth Tuesday after his U.S. record-breaking mission aboard the International Space Station. Williams and his Russian crewmates Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka, […]
NASA’s Record-breaking Astronaut, Crewmates Safely Return To Earth
Home Working Loses Its Appeal Over Time For Both Companies And Staff
The benefits of working from home disappear over time for both employees and organisations if it is a full-time arrangement, a new study from the London School of Economics and Political Science […]
Why Danger Is Exciting – But Only To Some People
Valerie Voon (Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge University) discusses what makes some people want to base jump off a cliff, while others don’t even enjoy a rollercoaster ride. It has been the most deadly […]
Previous Research About Mole Rats Turns Out To Be Wrong
One of the most interesting facts about mole rats – that, as with ants and termites, individuals specialise in particular tasks throughout their lives – turns out to be wrong. Instead, a […]
Microbubbles Show Whether Radiotherapy Is Reaching Its Target
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at KU Leuven Campus Kulak Kortrijk have developed a new way to evaluate whether a cancer radiation treatment is effective. Their technique uses gas-filled microbubbles and ultrasonic […]
London’s Wealthiest Familes Feel They Are Being ‘Pushed Out Of Elite Neighbourhoods’
According to Dr Luna Glucksberg of the International Inequalities Institute at LSE, wealthy and influential individuals and families living in the most exclusive areas of London feel they are being displaced by […]
Voters Prioritize Larning English As Well As Speaking Multiple Languages In California
California voters both prioritize the learning of English and recognize the value of speaking more than one language, according to a new study of voter attitudes about bilingual education by the Institute […]
Research From Columbia Business School Reveals How To Shorten Emergency Room Wait Time
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, demand for emergency health care services is rapidly increasing, causing over-crowding and long wait-times in emergency rooms nationwide. New research from Columbia […]
New Cocktail Fights Mosquitoes In A More Efficient And Eco-Friendly Way
Mosquitoes continue to build resistance to existing pesticides. Research has now shown that the chemical substances emitted by one of the mosquito’s natural enemies – the backswimmer – makes the biological pesticide […]
Why Prisons Continue To Grow, Even When Crime Declines
Study finds more offenders have criminal records The U.S. prison population continued to rise even after the crime rate began declining in the mid-1990s because judges were faced with more repeat offenders, […]
Have We Misunderstood Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
In understanding war-related post-traumatic stress disorder, a person’s cultural and professional context is just as important as how they cope with witnessing wartime events, which could change the way mental health experts […]
Smaller Hippocampus Not A Link Between Late-Life Depression And Alzheimer’s After All
In older adults with depression, the brain’s most important memory structure is often reduced in size. This structure, known as the hippocampus, is also smaller in the brain of patients with Alzheimer’s. […]
Presidential Candidates May Be Psychopaths – But That Could Be A Good Thing
A new study of psychopathic traits by Oxford University psychologist discovers that Donald Trump ranks above Adolf Hitler and only just below Idi Amin, Saddam Hussein and Henry VIII. Hillary Clinton ranks […]
Astronomers Identify A Young Heavyweight Star In The Milky Way
A young star over 30 times more massive than the Sun could help us understand how the most extreme stars in the Universe are born Astronomers have identified a young star, located […]
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