When the brain refuses to take the cash
EMORY (US) — Brain images show personal values that people refuse to disavow—even when offered cash to do so—are processed differently than values that are willingly sold. Continue…
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Society & Culture - Dec 22, 2011 16:25 - 2 Comments
Syphilis origins point to Columbus
EMORY (US) — New analysis of skeletal evidence suggests Christopher Columbus returned to Europe with unpleasant cargo: the bacteria that evolved into syphilis. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 10, 2011 16:15 - 0 Comments
Chemists reveal the force within you
EMORY (US) — A new method for visualizing mechanical forces on the surface of a cell offers the first detailed view of those forces, as they occur in real-time. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 22, 2011 10:38 - 0 Comments
Cells chatter to overcome wimpy ‘dial-up’
EMORY (US) — For the first time, scientists have quantified the data capacity of a biochemical signaling pathway and found a surprise—it’s way lower than even an old-fashioned, dial-up modem. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 12, 2011 11:33 - 1 Comment
Virtual skull: 3D peek at hominid brain
EMORY (US) — A virtual endocast of a hominid skull that dates back nearly 2 million years raises questions about the evolution of the human brain. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 10, 2011 11:34 - 0 Comments
Dino footprints discovered Down Under
EMORY (US) — Polar dinosaur tracks from about 105 million years ago are offering clues into animal behavior during the last period of pronounced global warming. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 11, 2011 11:57 - 4 Comments
Forage to farm: But are we healthier?
EMORY (US) — Human height and health declined soon after the shift to agriculture around 10,000 years ago, research shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 13, 2011 10:52 - 0 Comments
Teen brains predict song popularity
EMORY (US) — The brain activity of teens, recorded while they are listening to new songs, may help predict a tune’s popularity. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 23, 2011 15:44 - 0 Comments
Mummies solve parasite plague mystery
EMORY (US) — Life on the Nile 1,500 years ago may have contributed to the spread of a plague that is one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases today, infecting 200 million people. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 2, 2011 11:12 - 0 Comments
Monkey recall mirrors humans
EMORY (US) — Monkeys are able to remember and reproduce simple shapes from memory, a discovery that could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of memory impairments in humans. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 12, 2011 12:03 - 0 Comments
Why ‘close’ causes some to panic
EMORY (US) — People with a distorted sense of personal space are more likely to experience claustrophobic fear, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 29, 2011 15:21 - 2 Comments
Some kids confuse mad and sad
EMORY (US) — Children suffering from extreme social anxiety are often trapped in a nightmare of misinterpreted facial expressions, confusing angry faces with sad ones. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 24, 2011 13:03 - 7 Comments
Walk in the woods leads to math ‘aha!’
EMORY (US) — The recent discovery that partition numbers—the basis for adding and counting—behave like fractals is a mathematical breakthrough centuries in the making. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 28, 2010 17:27 - 0 Comments
Why medicine hearts math
EMORY (US) — “The love between math and medicine goes back a long time,” says mathematician Alessandro Veneziani. Recent advances in computer imaging have brought the two even closer. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 4, 2010 11:23 - 0 Comments
Stone Age tools took brains, not brawn
EMORY (US) — It was a skilled brain—not trained hands—that allowed prehistoric toolmakers to make the leap from simple to sophisticated. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 13, 2010 11:49 - 0 Comments
Wasps: Nesting with the dinosaurs
EMORY (US) — Fossil evidence suggests wasps were nesting with dinosaurs as long as 75 million years ago, a new study reports. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 11, 2010 10:46 - 0 Comments
Monarchs use plants to medicate
EMORY (US) — Monarch butterflies appear to use medicinal plants to treat their offspring for disease, according to findings published Oct. 6 in the journal Ecology Letters. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 27, 2010 11:34 - 3 Comments
Boomers raise midlife suicide rate
EMORY / RUTGERS (US)— The suicide rate for middle-aged people took an upward jump between 1999 and 2005, a new study finds. (more…)
Best of 2010, Society & Culture - Sep 2, 2010 9:58 - 8 Comments
Ancient beer brewed to include antibiotic
EMORY (US)—A chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Nubians shows that they were regularly consuming tetracycline, most likely in their beer. (more…)
