When Residents Take Charge of Their Rainforests, Fewer Trees Die

When the government gives citizens a personal stake in forested land, trees don’t disappear as quickly and environmental harm slows down.
20-Sep-2017 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

What Web Browsers and Proteins Have in Common

Researchers in the United States and Germany have just discovered a previously overlooked part of protein molecules that could be key to how proteins interact with each other inside living cells to carry out specialized functions.
19-Sep-2017 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Reliance on ‘Gut Feelings’ Linked to Belief in Fake News

People who tend to trust their intuition or to believe that the facts they hear are politically biased are more likely to stand behind inaccurate beliefs, a new study suggests.
18-Sep-2017 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Regular Exercise, Stress Can Both Make a Big Difference in Lupus, Study Finds

Waking up in the morning with the joint pain, swelling and stiffness that accompanies lupus doesn’t exactly inspire a workout. But research in mice and a related pilot study in humans are showing how regular activity and stress reduction could...
13-Sep-2017 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Want to Rebound From Failure? Feel the Pain

Feeling the pain of failure leads to more effort to correct your mistake than simply thinking about what went wrong, according to a new study.
13-Sep-2017 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

​Drunken Noodles or Pad Kee Mao? Language Matters on Ethnic Menus

Ethnic restaurants like to brag about how “authentic” they are. But when it comes to the language on their menus, a new study suggests authenticity may not be a hit with some customers.
12-Sep-2017 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

​Segregation’s Unexpected Link with Black Health in History

Racial housing segregation had some unexpected relationships with how long both blacks and whites lived historically in the United States, a new study suggests.
11-Sep-2017 9:45 AM EDT Add to Favorites

​Why Many Russians Have Gladly Agreed to Online Censorship

The Russian government has persuaded many of its citizens to avoid websites and social media platforms that are critical of the government, a new study has found.
6-Sep-2017 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites