The Brain: A User’s Guide to Emotions [Infographic]

As neuroscience researchers work to unravel the inner workings of the brain, we know more than ever before about the mysteries of where emotions originate in the brain and the connections between instinct, intelligence and emotion. This work is yielding fascinating insights that we can use to understand how we react to situations and people. […]


Office Germs: Just How Dirty is YOUR Office? [Infographic]

Glad I’m not working in an Office anymore, even though my house probably isn’t that much cleaner with three kids attending daycare and school daily. Researchers swabbed about 5,000 surfaces in office buildings, including law firms, insurance companies, healthcare offices, call centers and factories. The swabs were analyzed with a device that measures adenosine triphosphate […]

Dark matter findings are something and nothing

Scientists trying to unlock the mysteries of antimatter say they’ve spotted extremely preliminary signs that one theory about the make up of space may be correct. The findings come in an article in Physical Review Letters and detail the first results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), a device housed on the International Space Station. […]