Physics research provides new insights into the fluctuations of wind energy, with implications for engineering and policy.

For the development of animals, nothing — with the exception of DNA — may be more important than oxygen in the atmosphere. A study now links the rise in oxygen to a rapid increase in the burial of sediment containing large amounts of carbon-rich organic matter.

College matriculation is often associated with increases in the frequency and intensity of drinking. This study used a national sample to examine the association between being a college student and changes in excessive drinking from late adolescence through young adulthood and whether students’ residing with their parents during the school year affected the association.

In a survey of almost 2,000 people who said they had had a past negative experience when taking psilocybin-containing ‘magic mushrooms,’ a researchers say that more than 10 percent believed their worst ‘bad trip’ had put themselves or others in harm’s way, and a substantial majority called their most distressing episode one of the top […]

Overall, studies indicate that 15 to 20 percent of one to three year olds continue to have nightwakings. According to an expert, “Inappropriate sleep associations are the primary cause of frequent nightwakings. Sleep associations are those conditions that are habitually present at the time of sleep onset and in the presence of which the infant […]

A treatment billed as a potential breakthrough in the fight against disease, including cancer, could back-fire and make the disease fitter and more damaging, new research has found. Ground-breaking research has found that introducing ‘friendlier’ less-potent strains into a population of disease-causing microbes can lead to increased disease severity.