Submissions by upen

Inventing a new kind of matter

Tracing aromatic molecules in the early Universe

Protecting web users’ privacy

WikiLeaks releases new CIA documents describing Mac exploits

People often use the word ‘you’ rather than ‘I’ to cope with negative experience

Cross Functional Doesn’t Mean Everyone Can Do Everything

Veggies each day keep the stress blues away

Spiritual retreats change feel-good chemical systems in the brain

Energy drinks mask alcohol’s effects, increase injury risk

Numerosity in humans, birds and fish based in brain’s subcortex

First mutations in human life discovered

Surprising new role for lungs–making blood

Daily consumption of tea protects the elderly from cognitive decline

Why I quit Google and built an app that teaches personal finance to kids

Giant magnetic fields in the universe

Older adults make riskier decisions

The myth of the pristine Amazon rainforest

Older mothers are better mothers, study suggests

Artificial lungs in a backpack may free people with lung failure

Amazon River no younger than 9M years, new study shows

Hubble’s glittering frisbee galaxy

Breakthrough discovery may make blood test feasible for detecting cancer

Gay men and lesbian women less likely to be employed in a leadership position

For this New Zealand parrot, ‘laughter’ is contagious

Asian flu strains can enter North America through Alaska, study finds

Who's happy, who's not: Norway tops list, US falls

Operation of ancient biological clock uncovered

Eruptions on the sun trigger surprising phenomenon near Earth

Did humans create the Sahara desert?