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Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)

It is the ultimate test for big data -- finding the secret algorithm of love. Online dating companies say they have the know-how and scientists have been studyi...

Dating is refined for the Atapuerca site where Homo antecessor appeared

Feb 11, 2014 (SPX)

One of the issues of the Atapuerca sites that generates the most scientific debate is the dating of the strata where the fossils are found. Therefore, researche...

Researchers discover how brain regions work together, or alone

Feb 05, 2014 (SPX)

Stanford researchers may have solved a riddle about the inner workings of the brain, which consists of billions of neurons, organized into many different region...

Neanderthal lineages excavated from modern human genomes

Feb 03, 2014 (SPX)

A substantial fraction of the Neanderthal genome persists in modern human populations. A new approach applied to analyzing whole-genome sequencing data from 665...

When populations collide

Feb 03, 2014 (SPX)

More than thirty thousand years ago, Homo sapiens migrating out of Africa began encountering Neanderthals, a lineage that had diverged from modern humans hundre...

Forty percent of parents learn how to use technology from their children

Jan 28, 2014 (SPX)

Just how are adults learning to use technology? Chances are if you are a parent, your child is teaching you. A recent paper published in the Journal of Communic...

Finland's education success opens new business niches

Jan 28, 2014 (AFP)

Finland's successful education system has become a selling point for companies and institutions specialising in software and courses for educators, even when ta...

Blue eyes and dark skin, that's how the European hunter-gatherer looked

Jan 27, 2014 (SPX)

The La Brana-Arintero site was discovered by chance in 2006 and excavated by Julio Manuel Vidal Encinas, archeologist of the Council of Castilla y Leon. The cav...

Putting 'Adam' in his rightful place in evolutionary history

Jan 24, 2014 (SPX)

Our most common male ancestor walked the earth 209,000 years ago - earlier than scientists commonly thought - according to new research from the University of S...

Calcium absorption not the cause of evolution of milk digestion in Europeans

Jan 23, 2014 (SPX)

DNA from early Iberian farmers shows that the wideheld evolutionary hypothesis of calcium absorption was not the only reason Europeans evolved milk tolerance. M...

Discovery of quantum vibrations in 'microtubules' corroborates theory of consciousness

Jan 21, 2014 (SPX)

A review and update of a controversial 20-year-old theory of consciousness published in Physics of Life Reviews claims that consciousness derives from deeper le...

Primates: Now with only half the calories!

Jan 16, 2014 (SPX)

New research shows that humans and other primates burn 50% fewer calories each day than other mammals. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National A...

Ultrasound directed to the human brain can boost sensory performance

Jan 16, 2014 (SPX)

Whales, bats, and even praying mantises use ultrasound as a sensory guidance system - and now a new study has found that ultrasound can modulate brain activity ...

Two million years ago, human relative 'Nutcracker Man' lived on tiger nuts

Jan 13, 2014 (SPX)

An Oxford University study has concluded that our ancient ancestors who lived in East Africa between 2.4 million-1.4 million years ago survived mainly on a diet...

'Ardi' skull reveals links to human lineage

Jan 07, 2014 (SPX)

One of the most hotly debated issues in current human origins research focuses on how the 4.4 million-year-old African species Ardipithecus ramidus is related t...

Turning Off the Aging Genes

Jan 07, 2014 (SPX)

Computer algorithm developed by TAU researchers identifies genes that could be transformed to stop the aging process. Restricting calorie consumption is one of ...

Money Talks When Ancient Antioch Meets Google Earth

Jan 03, 2014 (SPX)

There's a map of an ancient Syrian trade route that shows how one city's political sway extended farther than once thought. This map isn't a time-worn and myste...

Finnish research team reveals how emotions are mapped in the body

Jan 01, 2014 (SPX)

Researchers Aalto University have revealed how emotions are experienced in the body. Emotions adjust our mental and also bodily states to cope with the challeng...

What Does Compassion Sound Like?

Dec 28, 2013 (SPX)

"Good to see you. I'm sorry. It sounds like you've had a tough, tough, week." Spoken by a doctor to a cancer patient, that statement is an example of compassion...

Brain connections may explain why girls mature faster

Dec 27, 2013 (SPX)

Newcastle University scientists have discovered that as the brain re-organises connections throughout our life, the process begins earlier in girls which may ex...