Improved Physical Function – Scientists Discover New Potential Health Benefit of Drinking Coffee or Tea
Consumption of coffee and tea during middle age may be linked to a lower chance of experiencing physical frailty in later life. A study in...
Polarization or Paradox? MIT Study Unveils the True Tendencies of American News Consumption
Partisan media might deepen political polarization, but we should measure people’s media habits more carefully before drawing conclusions, researchers say. In a polarized country, how...
Dying orca's final moments after 'desperate' effort to stay afloat captured in 1st of its kind footage
An orca's final moments may have been captured on film for the first time, after repeated attempts by two young orcas to keep the old, dying male at the surface so he could breathe.
Strange sea worms have butts that grow a brain before wriggling off to find a mate
Scientists have worked out how Japanese green syllids grow a butt with a brain that can swim away to reproduce.
Smart glasses could boost privacy by swapping cameras for this 100-year-old technology
Researchers have built a tool called PoseSonic that can accurately track a glasses wearer's upper body movements.
Damaged sheet music was discovered at Auschwitz. A composer got to work.
For 80 years, the music from a prisoner orchestra at Auschwitz had been mostly forgotten. On Monday, it was played in London for the first time in decades.
London’s iconic black cabs to appear on Uber app, after years of resistance
Drivers of the black cabs, who must pass a knowledge test to be licensed, have opposed Uber for years. It’s unclear how many will sign up when the service starts next year.
The next front in the tech war with China: Graphite (and clean energy)
New controls on graphite exports to the United States could hurt American efforts to create green jobs while weaning the country off fossil fuels.
Rachel Pinney, the Silent Doctor
In August 1961, Rachel Pinney took the following vow: "I intend to maintain silence on every Wednesday until my country formally renounces Nuclear Weapons. This silence is to be maintained non-violently in the face of any provocation."Since Pinney worked