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Coffee Drinking Reduces Liver Cancer Risk by 40 Percent

Consuming the equivalent caffeine intake of four cups of coffee or tea a day may be beneficial in preventing and protecting against the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in humans. Image credit: University of Maryland.
Oct 23, 2013 by News Staff

According to researchers from Italy, consumption of coffee reduces risk of hepatocellular carcinoma – the most common type of liver cancer – by 40 percent. Their study also indicates that 3 cups of coffee a day reduce the risk by more than 50 percent. Consumption of coffee reduces risk of hepatocellular carcinoma – the most common type of liver cancer – by 40 percent. Image credit: University of Maryland. Liver cancer is the...

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Gyronotus perissinottoi at the Umthamvuna Nature Reserve, South Africa. Image credit: Lynette Clennell.

Two New Species of Mysterious Scarab Beetles Found in Southern Africa

Oct 22, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Entomologists Dr Renzo Perissinotto from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and Dr Philippe Moretto from France...

This is an artist's impression of the baby Parasaurolophus. Image credit: Lukas Panzarin; background: Juliane Hinz et al, 2010 / Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments.

Paleontologists Find Rare Fossil of Young Dinosaur Parasaurolophus

Oct 22, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists have reported the discovery of what they say is the youngest, smallest and most complete fossil skeleton yet known for Parasaurolophus, a duck-billed...

This world map shows the geographic location of the 6 HSV-1 clades with respect to human migration: each clade is depicted by a roman numeral; land migration is depicted by yellow lines and sea migration is shown by the pink line. Image credit: Kolb AW et al.

Herpes Virus Genetic Study Supports Out-of-Africa Theory of Human Migration

Oct 22, 2013 by News Staff

Genomic sequences of 31 Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) strains collected in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia support the ‘out-of-Africa’...

This image shows a Neanderthal and a human kid. Image credit: Neanderthal Museum.

New Study Finds No Last Common Ancestor of Modern Humans and Neanderthals

Oct 22, 2013 by News Staff

A dental study of 1,200 molars and premolars from 13 hominin species shows that no known species matches the expected profile of the last common ancestor...

This image shows dermal papilla cells. Image credit: Claire Higgins / Columbia University Medical Center.

New Method Generates Human Hair Growth from Dermal Papilla Cells

Oct 21, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences say they have for the first time successfully grown human hairs using dermal...

This image of the comet ISON was taken by Hubble on October 9, 2013. Image credit: NASA / ESA / the Hubble Heritage Team / STScI / AURA.

ISON: Hubble Space Telescope Zooms in on Comet of Century

Oct 21, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble telescope to capture a new image of comet ISON, the so-called ‘comet of the century.’ This image...

This image shows the quadruple gravitational lens J1000+0221. Image credit: NASA / ESA / A. van der Wel.

Most Distant Gravitational Lens Discovered

Oct 21, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered what they say is the most distant gravitational lens yet. This image shows the quadruple...

This image shows the red supergiant star W26. Clouds of glowing hydrogen gas are seen around the star as green features. Image credit: ESO / VPHAS+ Survey / N. Wright.

Astronomers Discover Ionized Nebula around Largest Star in Known Universe

Oct 21, 2013 by News Staff

An international group of astronomers has used ESO’s Very Large Telescope at Paranal Observatory in Chile to discover and observe an ionized nebula...

Denisovans were probably dark-skinned, unlike the pale Neandertals. The picture shows a Neanderthal man. Image credit: Mauro Cutrona.

Denisovans: Mysterious Homo Species Interbred with Modern Humans in Australasia

Oct 20, 2013 by News Staff

According to a study published in the journal Science, Denisovans – relatives to both Neanderthals and humans – somehow managed to cross Wallace’s...

Reconstruction of a Neanderthal. Image credit: Neanderthal Museum.

Neanderthals May Have Eaten Stomach Contents of Their Prey

Oct 18, 2013 by News Staff

Bitter root plant material found on teeth of Neanderthals suggests their complex diet may have included the stomach contents of hunted animals. Reconstruction...

This is an artist's reconstruction of female Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia. Image credit: Elisabeth Daynes, via tabula.ge.

Dmanisi Human: Skull from Georgia Implies All Early Homo Species were One

Oct 18, 2013 by News Staff

An analysis of a complete 1.8-million-year-old hominid skull found at the archaeological site of Dmanisi in Georgia suggests the earliest Homo species...

Street in the Wari city of Pikillaqta, about 20 km east of Cusco, Peru. Image credit: Erick Again / CC BY-SA 3.0

Wari: New Study Sheds Light on How Tiwanaku’s Rival Evolved into Empire

Oct 18, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

New research led by archaeologists at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, is the first large-scale look at the settlement patterns and power of...

Dracaena kaweesakii and its flowers. Credit: Warakorn Kasempankul / Parinya Siriponamat / Paul Wilkin.

New Dragon Tree Species Found in Burma, Thailand

Oct 17, 2013 by News Staff

Dr Paul Wilkin from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and his colleagues from Thailand, the Netherlands and Poland have described a remarkable new species of...

This is the fossil of Alalcomenaeus. Image credit: N. Strausfeld / University of Arizona.

Alalcomenaeus: Unusual Cambrian Animal with Spider-Like Brain

Oct 17, 2013 by News Staff

Paleontologists have found a well-preserved fossil of a megacheiran – distant relative of scorpions and spiders – that lived in Cambrian seas...

Chimpanzee vocalising, Budongo Forest, Uganda. Image credit: Anne Schel.

Scientists Find Striking Similarities between Alarm Calls of Chimpanzees and Human Language

Oct 17, 2013 by News Staff

New research on vocalizations of wild chimpanzees has demonstrated that their alarm calls have numerous hallmarks of intentional communication. Chimpanzee...

High-resolution simulation of a galaxy hosting a super-luminous supernova. Image credit: Adrian Malec / Marie Martig / Swinburne University.

Study Provides New Insight into Origins of Super-Luminous Supernovae

Oct 16, 2013 by News Staff

According to a team of astronomers reporting in the journal Nature, super-luminous supernovae are powered by small and incredibly dense neutron stars,...

Baconia katieae. Image credit: Caterino MS, Tishechkin AK.

Entomologists Discover 85 New Species of Jewel-Like Baconia Beetles

Oct 16, 2013 by News Staff

Dr Michael Caterino and Dr Alexey Tishechkin, both from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, have described 85 new species in the genus Baconia,...

Handprints at the El Castillo cave, Spain. Image credit: University of Cantabria.

Paleolithic Cave Painters in Europe were Mostly Women, Researcher Says

Oct 16, 2013 by News Staff

Anthropologist Prof Dean Snow from Pennsylvania State University analyzing ochre-stenciled handprints in Paleolithic caves in France and Spain has determined...

This composite image shows the central parts of the nearby active galaxy NGC 1433. Image credit: ALMA / ESO / NAOJ / NRAO / NASA / ESA / F. Combes.

Astronomers Focus on Jets from Nearby and Distant Supermassive Black Holes

Oct 16, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in the Atacama Desert, Chile, have observed jets from giant black holes in the nearby...

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