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Love is located in the brain

While love may be a habit, it’s not necessarily a bad one. We want to know where love is and research helps develop the first brain map of love and desire.

Deforestation tracker Rio+20 launch

First satellite deforestation tracker for whole of Latin America launched at Rio+20 UN environment conference.

The nastiest surfaces in your hotel room

An experiment that examined hotel room surfaces found TV remotes to be among the most heavily contaminated with bacteria so are the nastiest surfaces in the room.

This is your brain on no self-control

New pictures show - this is your brain - what your brain looks like when you run out of patience and lose your self-control.

Black holes as particle detectors

Previously undiscovered particles could be detected as they accumulate around black holes say Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology.

Warm climate – cold Arctic?

The Eemian interglacial period that began some 125,000 years ago is used as a model for contemporary climate change. Does a warm climate mean a cold Arctic?

Cool image of two overlapping galaxies

A Hubble image of a pair of overlapping galaxies. They look as if they're colliding, but they are actually separated by tens of millions of light-years.

Fruit fly gene could help researchers develop new cancer drugs

MAYWOOD, Ill. -- Loyola researchers are taking advantage of a quirk in the evolution a fruit fly gene to help develop new weapons against cancer.

Marine experts are taking discoveries to new underwater heights

For marine experts, discovering any type of new species is a big thrill, and an even bigger one if the new creature is named after you.

North-East Passage soon free from ice again?

The North-East Passage, the sea route along the North coast of Russia, is expected to be free of ice early again this summer.