After decades of laboring under other theories that never seemed to add up, a team led by biologist Rama Singh has concluded that what causes menopause in women is men.

Biology - Other

Jun 13, 2013 3.3 / 5 (22) 21 |

(Phys.org) —Could there soon be a summer without the iconic monarch butterfly?

Biology - Ecology

Apr 02, 2013 not rated yet 1

John Bonham. Keith Moon. Buddy Rich. The best drummers in modern music history had it all – groundbreaking technique, lightning speed and an unmistakable panache when it came to performing.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Mar 26, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Women's abilities to make fair decisions when competing interests are at stake make them better corporate leaders, researchers have found.

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Mar 26, 2013 2.3 / 5 (3) 0

Video games have expanded rapidly and created a large and growing industry since the 1980s.

Technology - Other

Mar 07, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 1

A fossilized bone fragment found buried deep in the soil of a Serbian cave is causing scientists to reconsider what happened during a critical period in human development, when the strands of modern humanity ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Feb 13, 2013 5 / 5 (12) 1 |

A new McMaster study suggests children are at greater risk of being hit by vehicles driving through their neighbourhood than from drivers who live nearby, posing particular dangers in poorer, downtown areas ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Jan 07, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Norman Rockwell defined the winter holidays for an entire generation with his depictions of rosy-cheeked children and their doting parents set against a heartfelt winter wonderland.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Dec 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

McMaster University biologist Jianping Xu trekked over 30 kilometers a day through mountainous terrain and inclement weather in southwestern China to discover that a wild mushroom wasn't at the root of 400 ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 07, 2012 4.9 / 5 (7) 0 |

With a novel idea, a lot of work and some of the world's most sophisticated equipment, researchers at McMaster University have developed a new way to study the structures of complex surfaces, opening the door to future discoveries ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Oct 11, 2012 4 / 5 (3) 0 |

Researchers have discovered that a form of oxytocin—the hormone responsible for making humans fall in love—has a similar effect on fish, suggesting it is a key regulator of social behaviour that has evolved ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 09, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Cheating. Conflict. Competition. It may sound like a soap opera but this is the complex life of the despised ragweed plant.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 01, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

(Phys.org)—A McMaster researcher has discovered a nearly toothless shrew rat on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 12, 2012 5 / 5 (5) 1 |

(Phys.org) -- New research by McMaster biologist Graham Scott suggests that growing up at warmer temperatures helps some aquatic animals cope with climate change, raising questions about the limits of adaptation.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 16, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

(Phys.org) -- If you’re a little confused by the news that scientists at the European Organization  for Nuclear Research, better known as CERN, may have found the Higgs boson, you’re  probably not alone. ...

Physics - General Physics

Jul 16, 2012 4.5 / 5 (15) 25