In an era of fact-checking and 'alternative facts,' many people simply choose not to believe research findings and other established facts, according to a new article.
DNA from people who suffer from major depression is biologically older than that of healthy people by on average 8 months, suggesting that they are biologically older than their corresponding calendar..
The world's largest computing society, ACM, updated its code of ethics in July 2018 — but new research shows that the code of ethics does not appear to affect the decisions made by software deve..
Females of a socially monogamous passerine, the Japanese great tit (Parus minor), become more promiscuous after hatchings fail in the first breeding attempt — apparently attempting to ensure successf..
Researchers have developed two new illusions that reveal how the senses can influence each other — in particular, how sound can give rise to visual illusions. These illusions occur so quickly that th..
Some molecules change their spatial structure when exposed to light — in other words, they look different in light and darkness. What exactly happens during the conversion has not yet been researched..
A new species of owlet moth recently discovered to inhabit high-elevation mountains in western North America has been named after the Greek mythological character Icarus.
Even long before medieval inhabitants reclaimed land and raised dykes at a large scale, humans have had a strong impact on river behavior in the Dutch delta plain. Physical geographers have demonstrat..
Scientists have discovered a gene that appears to play a vital role in pheromone sensing. The gene is conserved across fish and mammals and over 400 million years of vertebrate evolution, indicating t..
Microsoft today issued the final security updates for Windows 10 Home 1703 and Windows 10 Pro 1703, the feature upgrades that launched 18 months ago.
Microsoft labels its feature upgrades in a yymm fo..