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Rats are less likely to assist a fellow rodent in need if other members of their group are being unhelpful, according to a study that sheds new light on the so-called “bystander effect.” Peggy Mason, a neurobiologist at the University of Chicago and the senior author, told AFP the findings helped explain certain human behaviors […]

New US research has found that women who have lower levels of the essential mineral manganese during early pregnancy may have a higher risk of developing preeclampsia. Led by researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the new study looked at 1,312 women who had their blood taken in the first trimester of […]

Scientists in Singapore are hoping to perfect a new method of power generation driven largely by shadows, with the hope that it could one day help highly urbanised cities power themselves. The shadow-effect energy generator (SEG) being developed by the National University of Singapore has the potential to harness power like solar cells, but without […]

The Cambodian tourist town of Siem Reap has banned the dog meat trade, a victory for animal rights campaigners who describe the area as the “lynchpin” of an industry that slaughters millions of creatures each year. Dog meat, a cheap source of protein, is eaten in several Asian countries, including Cambodia, although it is much […]

Hundreds of people had to leave their homes in a coastal French city on Wednesday to allow explosive experts to deal with a 500-kilogram bomb from World War II. The device, found at a building site in the northwestern port city of Saint-Nazaire, was dismantled by 1600 GMT, the local government said in a tweet. […]

A HIV-positive man in remission may be the first patient effectively cured of the illness without needing a bone marrow transplant, researchers said Tuesday in a potential breakthrough. HIV affects tens of millions of people globally and while the disease is no longer the automatic death sentence it once was, patients need to take medication […]

Many of us could easily list the specific traits that we’re looking for in that special someone; someone who is kind or intelligent or who makes us laugh. But despite us thinking that these qualities are traits that we as individuals are specifically looking for, most of us are actually looking for the same things. […]

A giant 70 million year old fossil of a fish that lived amongst dinosaurs has been discovered in Argentine Patagonia, a team of researchers said on Monday. Argentine paleontologists “found the remains of a predator fish that was more than six meters long,” the researchers said in a statement. The discovery was published in the […]

Temperatures in Arctic Siberia soared to a record average for June, more than 5 degrees Celsius (9°F) above normal, in a heat wave that is stoking some of the worst wildfires the region has ever known, European Union data showed on Tuesday. “Exceptional warmth” was recorded over Arctic Siberia, the EU’s earth observation programme Copernicus […]