Law enforcement officers urged to wear body armor to decrease mortality rates
New research published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (JOEH) found that law enforcement officers who wear body armor when shot by a firearm in the torso were 77 percent less...
View ArticleNew evidence that humans choose their partners through assortative mating
A team of Australian researchers have published a new paper that argues people choose their life partners through a form of assortative mating, which is having a distinct impact on the evolution of the...
View ArticleIndoor temperatures in buildings of the future will automatically adjust to...
The HumanTool project being led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland involves the testing of new indoor temperature control concepts for adjusting spaces to individual needs. Energy is saved...
View ArticleWho is 'too fat'? That all depends on race, gender, generation
Doctors have a specific definition of what it means to be overweight or obese.
View ArticleLarge-scale study of genetic data shows humans still evolving
In a study analyzing the genomes of 210,000 people in the United States and Britain, researchers at Columbia University find that the genetic variants linked to Alzheimer's disease and heavy smoking...
View ArticleGenes linked with education and fertility depend on when and where you live
Different genes affect educational attainment and fertility in different times and places, according to new research from the University of Oxford. This means we could be missing important variations...
View ArticleStudy may add to resource managers' toolbox
A major study by researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows that many diverse species of Chesapeake Bay fishes—whether they eat zooplankton, other fishes, or...
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