Surprising

The surprising brain chemistry behind instant friendships

A new UC Berkeley study shows that the so-called love hormone, oxytocin, is also critical for the formation of friendships.…

10 months ago

Reversing Alzheimer’s damage: Two cancer drugs demonstrate surprising power

Scientists at UC San Francisco and Gladstone Institutes have identified cancer drugs that promise to reverse the changes that occur…

11 months ago

Flowers unfold with surprising precision, despite unruly genes

Flowers grow stems, leaves and petals in a perfect pattern again and again. A new Cornell study shows that even…

1 year ago

New study finds surprising way to curb college-aged drinking harms — without cutting alcohol

Young adults -- particularly college students -- are more likely than any other group in the U.S. to engage in…

1 year ago

Surprising ‘two-faced’ cancer gene role supports paradigm shift in predicting disease

A genetic fault long believed to drive the development of oesophageal cancer may in fact play a protective role early…

1 year ago

Scientists unveil surprising human vs mouse differences in a major cancer immunotherapy target

Since its discovery in the 1990s, "programmed cell death protein 1," or PD-1, has been regarded as a leading target…

1 year ago

James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Surprising Details of Westerlund 1 Star Cluster

Using advanced infrared imaging, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured unprecedented details of the supermassive star cluster Westerlund…

2 years ago

Manganese plays a surprising role in soil carbon sequestration

Manganese in the soil of boreal forests has been found to work against the carbon storage capacity of these crucial…

2 years ago

‘Dancing With the Stars’: Lele Pons Blindsided by Surprising Elimination on Music Video Night (Recap)

*Caution: Spoilers Ahead!Dancing With the Stars turned up the heat on Tuesday with some of the season's best dances yet!Tuesday's new…

3 years ago

In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat

Evaporation is happening all around us all the time, from the sweat cooling our bodies to the dew burning off…

3 years ago