Stanford neuroscientist claims people don’t have free will after all

Stanford neuroscientist claims people don’t have free will after all

After four decades of study of humans and other primates, Robert Sapolsky, a 66-year-old neurobiologist at Stanford University......

Alzheimer’s can be transmitted via bone marrow transplant

Alzheimer’s can be transmitted via bone marrow transplant

Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada have discovered that familial Alzheimer’s disease can be......

Vaccines have saved 150 million children over the last 50 years

Vaccines have saved 150 million children over the last 50 years

At least 150 million children - more than twice the population of the United Kingdom – have been saved by vaccines during......

Decaf coffee contains a chemical that causes cancer - study

Decaf coffee contains a chemical that causes cancer - study

For those avoiding caffeine, decaf coffee might seem like a harmless choice but the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) – an......

First cancer vaccines based on mRNA technology to be tested in U.K.

First cancer vaccines based on mRNA technology to be tested in U.K.

The United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) has been enrolling thousands of patients for its groundbreaking cancer vaccine......

[video] Japanese scientists develop robot with living biological muscles

[video] Japanese scientists develop robot with living biological muscles

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a two-legged biohybrid robot, which merges an artificial skeleton with......

New study claims pig blood compound sets rats’ biological clock to move backwards

New study claims pig blood compound sets rats’ biological clock to move backwards

A team of researchers from the United States, India, Croatia, and Argentina has discovered that a blood compound from young pigs,......

Innovation: Treating nerve pain with optical fibers

Innovation: Treating nerve pain with optical fibers

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have unveiled flexible, fatigue-resistant and implantable optical......

[video] Researchers warn that a dialect of ancient Greek is dying out

[video] Researchers warn that a dialect of ancient Greek is dying out

Romeyka, a linguistic relic tracing back to ancient times, is spoken by barely a few thousands of residents in the Trabzon region......

How to extract gold from electronics waste

How to extract gold from electronics waste

Researchers at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland, have pioneered an innovative method to......

Ancient Mesopotamians created the world’s first animal hybrids 4,500 years ago

Ancient Mesopotamians created the world’s first animal hybrids 4,500 years ago

A donkey-ass hybrid in Bronze Age Mesopotamia stands as the earliest recorded instance of human-bred hybrid animals, a new study......

How magnetism was discovered and when the first magnets were made

How magnetism was discovered and when the first magnets were made

The phenomenon known as magnetism was very likely observed by our ancestors long before civilizations appeared. In ancient......