Science

This week, researchers identified a key driver of pancreatic cancer spread. Oral bacteria were linked to Parkinson’s disease via the gut-brain axis. And scientists are advising California legislators to prepare for destructive “supershear” earthquakes. Plus: […]

Merriam-Webster on Thursday announced a major overhaul of its popular “Collegiate” dictionary. The company has added more than 5,000 terms. Here’s a few of them with definitions—and some usage examples of our own.This article is […]

An influential study claiming that drinking a small amount of apple cider vinegar every day helps people lose weight was retracted on Wednesday after an investigation found it contained multiple errors.This article is brought to […]

The world’s second largest diamond could soon find a new home in a museum or a sheikh’s collection—but first needs to be properly evaluated, the Belgian firm holding it told AFP Monday.This article is brought […]

Previously unseen documents show how a poet performed a major ghostwriting job on the autobiography of the two British pioneers behind the world’s first “test-tube baby,” so that the book used emotional storytelling to aid […]

This week, researchers reported evidence of a cosmic impact at classic Clovis archaeological sites. Biologists in Texas discovered a rare hybrid bird, the offspring of a blue jay and a green jay. And a study […]

Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards’ favorite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak another language: these were some of the winners at the Ig Nobel prizes, which celebrate the […]

A team of researchers from Japan wondered if painting cows with zebra-like stripes would prevent flies from biting them. Another group from Africa and Europe pondered the types of pizza lizards preferred to eat.This article […]

A previously unknown portrait by Pablo Picasso of one of his lovers was revealed on Thursday after being put up for sale at auction in Paris with a reserve price of eight million euros ($9.5 […]

A recent study by the University of Portsmouth has found that focusing on audio alone improves the performance of the interviewer during interviews, particularly in criminal investigations.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.