New research on why ordinary people like you and me take risks suggests that unexpected improvements in everyday life (sunshine after many days of rain or a win by a local sports team) are correlated with a change in a city’s mood and an increased likelihood that it’s citizens will do risky things.

Parents shouldn’t worry if their infant doesn’t sleep through the night by 6-12 months of age, suggests a new study of close to 400 infants which found no association between interrupted sleep and later developmental problems.

Lessons Learned in Migrating from Swing to JavaFX

People who have better spatial memory are also better at identifying odors

Ocean acidification caused by high levels of human-made CO2 is dissolving the seafloor - The ocean floor as we know it is dissolving rapidly as a result of human activity, finds a new study.

Creation of solider ants (Mcgill university)

A sprawling study of spiders across northern Canada has turned up more than 100 species in provinces or territories where they had never before been recorded which provides a new benchmark for monitoring biodiversity across Canada’s northern expanses.

People are less likely to trust the advice or directions of a person with a foreign accent

A study has found adults are able to accurately read a range of emotions in the voices of teens

Deforestation possibly contributed to the collapse of Mayan civilization more than 1,000 years ago