Ocean forage fish can prevail with changes to farmed fish, livestock diets
Anchovies, herring, sardines and other forage fish play an essential role in the food web as prey for seabirds, marine mammals and larger fish...
Graphic warning labels could reduce sugary drink purchases
Warning labels that include photos linking sugary drink consumption with obesity, type 2 diabetes, and tooth decay, may reduce purchases of the drinks, according...
Why you should eat popcorn with chopsticks – and other psychological tricks to make...
It happens fast. You crack open a bottle of your favorite drink and put it to your lips. The delicious flavor is nearly overwhelming....
iReadMore app improves reading ability in stroke
A new smart app designed to improve the reading ability of people who have suffered a stroke provides 'significant' improvements, a UCL study has...
For overweight and obese people with knee problems, more weight loss is better
Researchers previously showed that overweight and obese individuals with knee osteoarthritis can reduce pain by 50% and significantly improve function and mobility with a...
Silence is golden when it comes to how our brains work
It's the comparative silence between the firing spikes of neurons that tells what they are really up to, scientists report.
"The brain appears to use...
Rover under the milky way to search for life in the Solar System
The Moon begins to rise behind the ARADS rover during the 2017 season of field tests in Chile’s Atacama Desert.
The Milky Way is visible...
New material could capture solar energy and split water
Solar energy is clean and abundant.
But when the sun isn't shining, you must store the energy in batteries or through a process called photocatalysis...
One patient’s mission to shatter psych ward stigmas
When you hear the term “psych ward,” what first comes to mind?
Even if you’re pretty open-minded, you probably don’t picture me. I’m a composed...
‘Slow earthquakes’ on San Andreas Fault in California increase risk of large quakes
Geologists have long thought that the central section of California's famed San Andreas Fault -- from San Juan Bautista southward to Parkfield, a distance...
‘You are getting very sleepy’: When hypnotism came to America
In the early 19th century, American factory workers often labored for 12-hour shifts, six days a week, and weaver Cynthia Gleason was having trouble...
People maintain muscle mass 5 years after weight loss surgery
Newly-published research on surgically-induced weight loss provides important evidence supporting the long-term safety and viability of bariatric surgery.
The study, appearing in the academic journal...
