Science

Oxytocin, or the body’s “natural love potion,” can have a significant influence on interactions between males and females. The new research observed a brain cell-based mechanism that causes this prosocial hormone phenomenon, Rockefeller University reported.

Large numbers of fish will disappear from the tropics by 2050 due to climate change, scientists have warned. More fish will be driven into Arctic and Antarctic waters, according to experts who examined the impact of the seas warming up on fish stocks.

An ancient Greek ship that sank 2,000 years ago provided a treasure trove of artifacts. The shipwreck was discovered off the small island of Antikythera, and included antiquities such as tablewear and a giant bronze spear, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reported.

Researchers looked at large star-formation galaxies to measure radiation leaks and gain insight into the early evolution of the universe. The NASA-funded research team used the radiation links to identify star-forming galaxies that contained holes in its gas cover, Johns Hopkins University reported.

Researchers have found out why beer smells and tastes so good. It’s all to do with beer yeasts which mimic the smell of fruits in order to attract flies which can transport the yeast cells to new niches.

Scientists on Thursday said they conducted experiments to learn precisely how sidewinder rattlesnakes are able to climb sandy hills, then applied the reptiles’ repertoire to an existing snake robot so it could do the same thing.

A black hole that eats the equivalent of 100 billion billion hot dogs every minute has been discovered 12 million light years from Earth. The black hole, P13, has been found to be consuming gas at a rate 10 times faster than had previously been thought possible.

The Met Office is opening the Space Weather Operations Centre in Exeter later today – a forecasting unit which will aim to protect the UK’s economy and infrastructure against solar flares and other forms of extreme space weather.

A ground breaking ceremony for what will be one of the word’s most advanced observatories was disrupted Tuesday by Native Hawaiian protesters and others opposed to the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea. More than 50 protesters blocked access near the mountain’s summit and greeted vans carrying dozens of attendees from five countries with chants and hula.

A New York appeals court will consider whether chimpanzees are entitled to “legal personhood” in what experts say is the first case of its kind. On Wednesday, a mid-level state appeals court will hear the case of 26-year-old Tommy, who is owned by a human and lives alone in what attorney Steven Wise describes as a “dark, dank shed” in …

NASA wants to fly you to the moon, but maybe not to personally play among the stars. While flying every person ever interested in space exploration could be problematic in many ways, the space agency is allowing members of the public to submit their names to be included on a microchip to be launched aboard an Orion spacecraft Dec. 4.