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A MOUSE that grooms itself till its fur comes out may give us clues to what causes obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in humans.
The long-held notion that girls prefer pink while boys prefer blue may hold some truth, suggests a new study. And moreover, there might be a biological basis for why women prefer pink – or at least more reddish colours than men, say researchers.
Adolescents who claim they are "madly in love" might not be too far off the mark: a new study suggests that they show almost manic behaviours.
Young children become chatterboxes within months of barely being able to speak a few words. Now one scientist thinks he knows why.
Should parents be allowed to choose their baby to save the life of an older child? Many more such "saviour siblings" could be permitted in the UK, argues a parliamentary report.
The software was able distinguish animals from non-animals in the same way that humans (Image: Thomas Serre / MIT)
The evolutionary tree shows how pubic lice – Pthirus pubis and Pthirus gorillae – afflict humans and gorillas. Humans and chimps, meanwhile, can host Pediculus head lice (Illustration: J W Demastes/T Choe/V S Smith)
Researchers analysing the DNA in Neolithic human remains claim to have uncovered the first direct evidence that modern humans have evolved changes in response to natural selection.
The newly discovered “superhighway” (red tube) connects the ventricles (shown in light purple in the middle of the brain) with the tiny olfactory bulb (bottom left) (Image: Jonathan Westin)
Sleep deprivation can severely hamper the brain’s ability to learn, a new study demonstrates.
Activity patterns in the green regions of the brain scan revealed the subject’s covert intentions before he began to perform the calculation (Image: Bernstein Centre for Computational Neuroscience)
Stonehenge may have been a memorial or burial site for the dead
Human subject’s path following a scent trail scent trail of chocolate essential oil through a field (right), as compared to a dog’s scent path of a pheasant dragged through a field (Image: Jess Porter, UC Berkeley)
Jaw remains of Neanderthal fossils showing hypoplasia lines (arrowed) – evidence of starvation (Image: Antonio Rosas)
In Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi was on the right track in his advice to the young Luke Skywalker. People are fooled by magic tricks, even if their eyes see past the illusion, a new study reveals.
Sexy males sire dowdy daughters and attractive females bear insipid sons – in fruit flies, at least.
Women told that female under-achievement in mathematics is due to genetic factors perform much worse on maths tests than those told that social factors are responsible.
Children who are verbally abused may suffer lasting negative effects in their brain’s ability to process language, researchers report.
The fear of losing money can be similar to the fear of physical pain, according to a study of brain scan images.
In tough times, a parent’s best bet for passing on their genes could be to reduce the care they give to their children, according to a provocative theory. Now new research seems to suggest this actually happens.
The first comparison of human and Neanderthal DNA shows that the two lineages diverged about 400,000 years ago and that Neanderthals may have had more DNA in common with chimps than with modern humans.
She could walk, but not talk (Image: ZeresenayAlemseged/ARCCH)
Ever wondered how some people can “put themselves into another person's shoes” and some people cannot? Our ability to empathise with others seems to depend on the action of "mirror neurons" in the brain, according to a new study.
The Cascajal block is 36 centimetres wide and about 3000 years old (scroll down for a clear drawing of the symbols inscribed upon it) (Image: Stephen Houston)
I found a Sci-Fi gem this week and I felt the need to get the word out. The show is called Being Human. It is a short series of six one hour long episodes made in the UK that aired on the BBC earlier this year.
Syfy picks up 'Being Human'The misfits from the hot British dramedy "Being Human" will face another challenge: being American. Syfy has handed out a 13-episode order to a U.S. version of the BBC show from RDF Media USA.
To gossip is fundamental to being humanDr Nicholas Emler, a social psychologist, said it was fundamental to being human and was the reason we developed our unique ability to talk. He believes it is what separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom.
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