(Natural News) Humans and crickets have at least one trait in common, according to a recently published U.K. study. As they approach the end of their lives, certain physical capabilities start to diminish in a process some may recognize as “aging.” Many wild insects have brief lifespans, especially when compared to humans. Field crickets, for example, […]

(Natural News) Swiss researchers found a hot new purpose for waste paper products. They developed a chemical process that can turn paper into a fireproof insulator. Their new method would reduce the need for insulation materials that depend on the availability of dwindling petroleum supplies. When it catches fire, wood eventually crumbles into ash. But the recycled paper fiber […]

(Natural News) European researchers, engineers, and construction experts have teamed up to develop a new generation of green concrete. The concrete mixtures are going to be made from renewable resources, will be compatible with 3D printing techniques, and are capable of being printed on the water – or even underwater. The mixtures are intended for 3D printing […]

(Natural News) A Canadian study came up with a bold new cosmological model regarding the state of the universe before the Big Bang event. It theorized that the earlier universe started out as perfectly symmetrical due to having a mirror image of itself. Everything in the mirror universe would be identical to our universe, except in […]

(Natural News) Researchers are taking another big step toward understanding the behavior of the sun and the effects of its solar weather on Earth. They recently released the most accurate animated depiction of a solar flare going through its entire life cycle. The short movie covers a hypothetical flare’s existence from its formation to its conclusion. Its use of distinct colors show how […]

(Natural News) Long ago, Earth got hit by a rogue planet, and the resulting planetary collision ejected what later became the moon into orbit around the now-fused planet. Researchers are now theorizing that the giant impactor also made it possible for life to set root on our planet much later on. The leading theory behind the […]

(Natural News) Psychological flexibility is an important part of personality. It is the measure of a person’s ability to handle changes in their situation and to consider problems and jobs in new and imaginative ways. U.K. researchers determined that patients can be divided into three classes according to their level of psychological flexibility. In recent years, there were […]

(Natural News) A team of researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) discovered that the skin microbiome contains the microbe archaea and that its quantities vary depending on the age of a person. This research was derived from a planetary protection project for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the […]

(Natural News) Researchers claimed to have figured out exactly how amyloid beta and tau proteins harm the brain during the onset and progress of Alzheimer’s disease. They urged for therapies that simultaneously target both pathogenic proteins because the structures they formed could interact with each other. When amyloid beta accumulates in the brain, it forms stiff plaques. Similarly, […]

(Natural News) Everyone has his or her personal list of greatest musical hits and misses. Some people like pop and hate rap, others like rap and hate pop, and still others have different tastes in music. An international group of researchers explained that dopamine levels in the brain affected people’s preferences in song and musical […]