A study published in the September 19th edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association has raised concerns about a commonly used chemical, bisphenol A(BPA), and its link to obesity in children and teens.

Why do we suffer from allergies? In an intriguing evolutionary tale that goes over centuries, our immune systems have learned to depend on micro-organisms to suppress allergic reactions. In a day of sanitizers and antibacterial soaps, they turn to other options.

Genetic data from Europeans tells us that differences in our smell receptors could explain why people have sharply divisive responses to the taste of the herb cilantro.

Read the riveting story of how a group of compassionate people and some unlikely scientific tools helped give an American bald eagle a second chance at life.

Scientists have used rat brain cells to discover the pathways that lead to the aging of the brain. This knowledge could be important in understanding age-related diseases.

A Techie Buzz reader provides a rebuttal to Darrin’s editorial about the Mars rover, Curiosity. He says he’s “dumbfounded” by the title.

Researchers have created the world’s first light controlled switch, allowing them to create light controlled gates. The nanowire switches promise to speed up today’s computers manifold! Here’s the lowdown on the deal.

Researchers at the University California, Los Angeles, have found that saying your fears before facing them actually reduces the fear itself.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captures incredible images of “whip-like” solar filament measuring one half million miles long.

Researches have inserted a gene into mice that couldn’t smell which restores their ability to perceive odors.

Crosstalk between two halves of a brain region has shown to be linked to arithmetic ability.

Why do women stop reproducing around the age of 50? Conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in law could explain this to an extent, according to evolutionary theory.

How much can our brain take in while we are sleeping? New experiments have shown that our brain can process smells and sounds that are presented during sleep, and remember this information on waking up.

The first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, has died at the age of 82.

Flying in the face of well-established theory of cosmology, a group of researchers are hedging their bets on a model that suggests that the Universe actually froze out of a soup and space-time was formed! Well…