The brains of men and women process beauty differently. ...more

February 23, 2009

Many damaging effects of climate change are already basically irreversible, researchers declared Monday, warning that even if carbon emissions can somehow be halted temperatures around the globe will remain high until at least the year 3000. ...more

January 26, 2009

women are less able than men to suppress their hunger, a discovery that may help explain the higher obesity rate for females, a new study suggests ...more

January 20, 2009

Studies have found that dogs have a sense of fairness, much like wolves cooperating in the wild. ...more

December 8, 2008

A University of Central Florida researcher says two compounds he is developing are showing "very promising" results in lab tests targeting breast cancer tumors in mice. ...more

November 26, 2008

Wash your hands, folks, especially you ladies. A new study found that women have a greater variety of bacteria on their hands than men do. And everybody has more types of bacteria than the researchers expected to find. ...more

November 3, 2008

Delving into a 3,000-year-old mystery using astronomical clues in Homer's "The Odyssey," researchers said Monday they have dated one of the most heralded events of Western literature: Odysseus' slaughter of the suitors upon returning from the Trojan War. ...more

June 24, 2008

Florida researchers have identified seven possibilities for the next generation of mosquito repellant, some of which may work several times longer than the current standard-bearer, DEET. ...more

May 27, 2008

intimidating enough that scientists dubbed it Beelzebufo, or Devil Toad. Researchers discovered the beast's bones in Madagascar, yet it seems to be a close relative of normal-sized frogs in South America today. The discovery was published Monday by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ...more

February 19, 2008

As pterodactyls go it was small, toothless and had unexpectedly curved toes - but scientists are welcoming their new find as another piece in the puzzle of ancient life. ...more

February 12, 2008