PLoS One

• McMaster study suggests ‘orienteering’ improves brain function, diminishes cognitive decline

  A competitive sport that originated in Sweden in the late 19th century using a map and a compass may delay the effect of cognitive decline tied to dementia.

  Health

  Mar 20, 2023
  
• COVID-19 changed young people’s personalities for the worse, study suggests

  The shift that researchers found in the personalities of young adults is roughly equivalent to a decade's worth of personality changes.

  Trending

  Oct 3, 2022
  
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• Are COVID-19 sniffer dogs more accurate than rapid tests? A new study says yes

  A new study from France adds further evidence that trained dogs can be just as if not more accurate at detecting COVID-19 infections than rapid antigen tests.

  Health

  Jun 2, 2022
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• Researchers identify best clinical treatment options for children with diarrhea

  Researchers at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton and McMaster University have identified the best clinical treatment options for diarrhea.

  Health

  Dec 5, 2018
• No, women do not absorb and retain DNA from every man they have sex with

  A "miracle baby" found two weeks after the Grenfell Tower inferno, a Time magazine cover of Donald Trump, and Whataburger closing its doors are part of this week's fake news roundup.

  Canada

  Jul 1, 2017
• Big drop in chickenpox cases after Ontario began public vaccine program: study

  Ontario's publicly funded chickenpox vaccination program appears to have dramatically reduced the number of children who get infected with the virus, researchers say.

  Health

  Jul 15, 2015
• 430,000-year-old skull may belong to world’s earliest known murder victim

  Scientists believe they have found the world's-oldest known murder and the unsolved crime stretches back nearly half-a-million years.

  Science

  May 28, 2015
• In case you’re wondering, yes, birds also slur when they’re drunk

  Who hasn't lay in bed at night and wondered, "Do birds slur when they're drunk?" Well, if you haven't, there are people who have. And they're scientists.

  Dec 30, 2014
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• Study finds more than 260,000 tons of plastic floating in the ocean

  A new study estimates more than five trillion pieces of plastic are floating in the world's oceans collectively weighing nearly 269,000 tons.

  Environment

  Dec 10, 2014
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• Scientists find ancient case of human cancer

  University of Saskatchewan scientist finds ancient cancer in man who died 4,500 years ago.

  Science

  Dec 3, 2014