human brain

Altruism can be defined as acting selflessly towards our fellow humans for the greater good. And yes, science says it's sexy. In an age that is supposedly overrun by Darwin's survival of the fittest, a few acts of kindness can shift the…

There are more than 350 Million people in the world who currently suffer from depression. With such a huge statistic its virtually impossible for anyone not to interact with someone suffering from a bout of depression at some point in their…

Fructose has long been on the short list for execution by nutritionists, dietitians and physicians alike. The sugar compound, found most frequently in the American diet as high fructose corn syrup, or HFCS, has been linked to various…

The science of human genetics has come a long way in the last 30 years, and new advances are being made every day. Genetics research is the key to figuring out exactly what makes us tick. In a recent discovery, scientists at the Imperial…

I have a friend of mine that is very much into knitting. The fact that he is a welder by trade made this a little strange to me, but he loves it and eventually I will quit asking him how the "baby bootie business" is going. According to…

Only about 3% of mammals on Earth are monogamous, and humans are among them. The evolutionary and economic benefits of monogamy are hard-wired into us so strongly that monogamy is a sociocultural norm as well...and its opposite,…

When most people hear the word "nanobot" they immediately conjure an image from science fiction of a silvery swarm of microscopic robots wreaking havoc on everything they come into contact with. Thankfully that image is as far from the…

This time of year, it seems that people have one of two opinions about Christmas: you love it or you hate it. For some people, this is the greatest time of the year. For others, they can't wait for December 26th. A recent study that was…

What if I told you that most of the ailments of the human body could be solved by simply not eating. Sounds crazy, right? What if the neuroscientist, who according to Thomson Reuters' database, is the most cited source in scholarly…