Category: Science
Cloning Could Bring Wooly Mammoths Back to Life
With the last of the species becoming extinct about 3,500 years ago, many believed that Wooly Mammoths were destined to remain a part of ancient history–until now. Now, South Korean scientists, led by controversial researcher Hwang Woo-suk at the Sooam BioTech Research Foundation in Seoul, South Korea, are working with cutting-edge cloning …
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Extroverted & Conscientious? You’re (Probably) a Good Leader
Some people may think that good leaders and people of influence are simply born that way–and according to science, they may just be right. According to an in-depth meta analysis by Timothy Judge, Ph.D., a professor at the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, researchers found that …
Too Much Sex IS a Real Thing
We’ve all heard, “quality over quantity” and it seems that the famous phrase also applies to sex. Though there have been many studies about the link between sex and happiness, nothing had actually proved causation–that is, having more sex was the reason for increased happiness. In fact, one study from …
Alcohol Dependence Influenced By Eye Color
Here’s a heads up for all of our light-eyed friends: you’re destined to be an alcoholic. Okay, maybe not destined, but there’s a statistically significant relationship between genes for light colored eyes and genes related to alcohol dependence. This means that there’s a very good chance that these genes have a …
Plants Know When They’re Being Eaten–and Fight Back
Synchronisation of 5 Coupled Metronomes
Cataplexy Leaves Woman “Dead” In Morgue
Imagine being rushed in an ambulance to the emergency room, your body completely paralyzed–but you can still hear and feel everything. Now imagine the doctors finding you so unresponsive that you are pronounced dead–and sent to the morgue. Terrifying? Absolutely. And it’s happened to one woman three times. Locked in …