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‘Female’ Chromosome May Play Unexpected Role in Male Biology
Behind every great man, the saying goes, there’s a great woman. And behind every sperm, there may be an...
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The Dark Side Of The Love Hormone Oxytocin
Oxytocin, the feel-good bonding hormone released by physical contact with another person, orgasm and childbirth (potentially encouraging monogamy), might...
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Buckminster Fuller Institute’s “Dymax Redux”
Seventy years after its invention, the Buckminster Fuller Institute has organized a competition challenging graphic designers, visual artists, and...
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Changing View on Viruses: Not So Small After All
There was a time not that long ago when it was easy to tell the difference between viruses and...
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Cosmologist claims Universe may not be expanding
It started with a bang, and has been expanding ever since. For nearly a century, this has been the...
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Placebo Effects: Psychology’s Fundamental Flaw? Why active controls are not enough
A new paper published in Perspectives in Psychological Science (open access) suggests there is “a fundamental design flaw that...
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The Surprising Origins of Life’s Complexity
Charles Darwin was not yet 30 when he got the basic idea for the theory of evolution. But it...
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Gruber Foundation Announces 2013 Cosmology Prize Recipients
The Gruber Foundation, a Type 1 supporting organization operated and supervised by Yale University, has announced the recipients of...
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What is epigenetics?
As plenty of frustrated middle-aged readers will know, exercise does not always lead to a drop in waist size....
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Every Day Is Interdependence Day
We see with our ideas. That idea can open our eyes to key questions about modeling human nature. Varying...