Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis wanted to find out the reasons behind inflammation in diabetics, which is an underlying cause of various problems such as heart attacks, strokes, kidney problems, Read More
To understand behavioral responses of animals to fast and slow rise in temperature, researchers at the University of California – Santa Barbara conducted a study on fruit fly larvae. They found that a quick rise in Read More
Researchers at the University of Nottingham conducted a study that found that high levels of cortisol, also known as the ‘stress hormone’, in the hair of women who were undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) were Read More
Many people use Internet or app-based symptom checkers to make self-diagnosis. To understand whether physicians are better at making diagnoses than symptom checkers, researchers at Harvard Medical School conducted a study that included 234 internal medicine Read More
Economists rarely agree with each other and sometimes contradict themselves. Understandably frustrated by the lack of conviction afflicting his economic advisers, President Truman famously asked for a one-handed economist who wouldn’t be able to Read More
Cosmologists’ standard model of the universe assumes that the universe expands identically in all directions. A team of researchers at the University College London and Imperial College London proved this theory to be correct by Read More
Sucralose is the choice of no-calorie sweetener for those who wish to keep their weight in check. However, many people have raised questions about how safe it is to consume sucralose and whether it is Read More
Yes, we economists can have double standards too. We often rail against non-productive rent-seekers, barriers to entry in markets, and the paucity of intellectual honesty in public debates on emotive issues such as the minimum Read More
Contrary to popular belief that eggs from small local enterprises are safer than those produced commercially, researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences found that eggs from small flocks of birds are more Read More
Do some mosquitoes prefer to feed on animals rather than humans? Some species of mosquitoes are carriers of malaria like Anopheles arabiensis, which is the primary vector of malaria in East African countries. The spread Read More
