Bones like Aero chocolate: the evolution adaptation that helped dinosaurs to fly

It’s sometimes difficult to imagine how the planet we call home, with its megalopolis cities and serene farmlands, was once dominated by dinosaurs as big as...

Older adults with dementia but without close family: Who are they? And who cares for them?

What happens to older adults who do not have close family when they develop dementia? The truth is, we hardly know. Population aging together with changing...

Drones gather new and useful data for marine research, but they can disturb whales and dolphins

Drones have allowed researchers to learn more about marine mammals. (Jaclyn Aubin / GREMM), Author provided Drones have changed the way researchers study whales and dolphins....

Is menopause making me put on weight? No, but it’s complicated

It’s a question people ask often: does menopause cause weight gain? Women commonly put on weight as they enter menopause. Research shows women aged 46-57 gain...

Uncovering the secret religious and spiritual lives of sex workers

Why does music bring back memories? What the science says

You’re walking down a busy street on your way to work. You pass a busker playing a song you haven’t heard in years. Now suddenly, instead...

Muscle memory is key to helping you get in shape again after time away from exercise

Quantum mechanics: how the future might influence the past

In 2022, the physics Nobel prize was awarded for experimental work showing that the quantum world must break some of our fundamental intuitions about how the...

Is lung inflammation worse in e-cigarette users than smokers, as a new study suggests?

A small study that compared the lungs of cigarette smokers with e-cigarette smokers found that e-cigarette smokers had more lung inflammation than those who smoked tobacco....

Great Mysteries of Physics 1: is time an illusion?

Without a sense of time, leading us from cradle to grave, our lives would make little sense. But on the most fundamental level, physicists aren’t sure...