As many as 50 million people worldwide may live with Alzheimer's and similar forms of dementia, and while we still don't understand a lot about it, scientists may be one step closer to an effective treatment.

A key part of treating a disorder, is identifying what it's not. It turns out what we thought was one form of dementia may be multiple problems.

In 2023, a team of researchers proposed that our universe experienced not one, but TWO Big Bangs about a month apart from one another. The first for the stuff described by our Standard Model of Particle Physics. And the second for that...

Learn the basics about allotropes of metalloids and metals, as a part of the overall properties of matter topic. An allotrope is basically a different form of the same element, each with distinct physical and chemical properties. For...

Sound waves from the nascent universe, called baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs), left their imprint on the cosmos by influencing galaxy distribution. Researchers have explored this imprint back to...

Discover how our pets not only provide companionship but also offer significant health benefits. Explore the science behind the soothing effects of cat purrs, used as a form of stress relief, and learn about innovative research where...

Signs of life have been detected in waters from a subglacial Lake Whillans half a mile beneath the surface of Antarctic. On Jan. 28, scientists retrieved a baseball bat-sized gray plastic vessel filled with water from Lake Whillans. The...

Tornadoes are powerful and destructive forces of nature that form out of thunderstorms, spinning rapidly and causing widespread devastation. They can destroy buildings, uproot trees, and pose a significant threat to communities. Despite...

Pupil outcome: I can use my research to plan and write the first section of an essay about early Islamic civilisation. Key learning points: - Writing is most successful when structure, content and vocabulary is planned. - Information in...

Pupil outcome: I can use my research to plan and write the second section of an essay about early Islamic civilisation. Key learning points: - Writing is most successful when structure, content and vocabulary is planned. - Information in...

Jennifer Drake is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology with a minor in Statistics from Boston College in...

Richard Ovenden has been Bodley’s Librarian (the senior Executive position of the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford) since 2014. Prior to that Richard held positions at Durham University Library, the House of Lords Library,...

A group of researchers from the University of Oregon recently published a new study in the open-access journal PeerJ, which shows that each of us emits millions of bacteria into the air that form our own personal germ cloud. While the...

MIT has announced that they will be investing $1 Billion in AI research, in the form of a new College of Computing. But what does that mean?

In this video I look at Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights. Nobody painted Hell quite like Bosch. What we think of as Hell, and certainly what Bosch thought of as Hell is not based on the bible. What we...

In this video I look at Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights. Nobody painted Hell quite like Bosch. What we think of as Hell, and certainly what Bosch thought of as Hell is not based on the bible....

As religiously unaffiliated people become a larger and larger portion of the US population, scholars are noticing a rise in atheist/humanist/agnostic gatherings that mirror some of the characteristics of Christian churches (i.e. meeting...

Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions

The scientific story of first impressions–and why the snap character judgments we make from faces are irresistible but usually incor

rect.

Dr. Todorov’s lab...

How did the very first cells evolve? Most of the basic building blocks can be produced in simple experiments under early Earth-like conditions. However, certain complex cellular behaviours, like movement, have always seemed far-beyond...

In this video, the presenter discusses the importance of market research for businesses to identify and understand their target market and their needs. They explain the different techniques and strategies used for primary and secondary...

The video discusses the importance of innovation in business and the different forms it can take, such as continual improvements, research and development, benchmarking, and entrepreneurship. It highlights the benefits that innovation...

Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich looks at one of the secrets of the brain's incredible power: its ability to actively re-wire itself. He's researching ways to harness the brain's plasticity to enhance our skills and recover lost function.

Across the southeastern United States, bald eagles have been dying unexplainedly for the past 25 years. In March of 2021, researchers announced that they had found the killer, and they hope we can use this knowledge to better protect...

As you get older, your eyes worsen and become susceptible to a disease called age-related macular degeneration -- the leading cause of blindness, with no cure in sight. Sharing the science of how your vision works, researcher Joshua...