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A fish in the San Francisco Bay has been baffling scientists for years … but a new study may have revealed its secret. A fish that lives in the San Francisco Bay has been confounding scientists with its singing behavior, and a new paper claims to have explained why it happens. The study focuses on […]

While the FTO gene can make you more prone to being overweight, it doesn’t hinder anyone from losing weight. Being overweight can be blamed on lifestyle habits and our genes but while DNA can make us susceptible to gaining weight, it can’t be blamed for us not losing the weight according to a new study.

AMA reports high-energy LED bulbs can suppress melatonin, altering sleep cycles. The American Medical Association (AMA) has issued a warning that indicates high-intensity LED lighting, now being used in street lamps in a number of cities, may be responsible for disruptions of sleep rhythms associated with emission of blue light, according to an article on perfscience.com.

SpaceX engineers think they may have zeroed in on what caused the Sept. 1 accident. Scientists think they’ve figured out why a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blew up in a fiery explosion back during a static test on Sept. 1, destroying its payload along with it and throwing the entire program into chaos. Engineers have

The study found your attractiveness goes up or down depending on how attractive your friend is. It’s been long thought of that standing next to a friend who isn’t as blessed in the looks department will make you appear more attractive and a new study has backed it up. Researchers from Royal Holloway University in London

While your average plant will display leaves of various shades of green, there is one plant residing in the rainforests of southeast Asia that will go against the grain. Officially named Begonia pavonina, or alternatively “peacock begonia”, the plant shimmers a bright blue color due to the adaptation of low level sunlight. Heather Whitney, a specialist

The new drug could revolutionize the treatment for different cancers and extend quality of life A new immunotherapy drug has been hailed a major breakthrough in combatting head and neck cancer, a new study announced at the European Cancer Congress, revealed. Nivolumab was found to be much more successful in treating head and neck cancer

No casualties were reported however evacuation shelters are being organized in case the volcano erupts further. Japan’s largest active volcano has been put on high alert after it erupted early on Saturday morning sending ash plumes 7 miles away into the sky. Mount Aso, located on Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture, was being monitored by Japan’s Meteorological Agency has

Girls are 40 percent more likely to carry out household chores than boys which can inhibit their enjoyment of childhood. UNICEF have issued a report that looks into the amount of time African girls spend doing chores and in total it’s a staggering 160 million more hours a day than their male peers. The aim

A new finding about the spider world could totally change how we think about arachnids. There may be a whole lot more to our eight-legged friends than meets the eye, based on a new discovery that completely changes how scientists understand spiders. Scientists have found that spiders can hear you from a lot farther away