High doses of vitamin D might affect Lou Gehrig's disease

York Professor Mazen Hamadeh found high levels of vitamin D improved motor performance in mice with ALS...

Brain to blame for wandering eyes

The brain's inner eye is the reason why people rubberneck at traffic accidents and find it difficult not to look at an attractive person...

Book explores how architecture triggers memory

Fine Arts Professor Shelley Hornstein examines how "place" anchors our memories in her book Losing Site...

Study finds people can see the forest without the trees

Prof. Jennifer Steeves and grad student Caitlin Mullin found people don't need to see the objects to recognize the scene...

Bee study reveals battle of the sexes is in the brain

Why do male honey bees receive the royal treatment, while female bees do the work? It’s all in the brain, according to a new study...

Active Living Challenge goes campus-wide for 2012

York students will have an extra reason to make good on their New Year’s resolution to get fit with the Active Living Challenge...

Surprising details in new book about John Cabot

How did John Cabot go from failed bridge builder to explorer? In his new book, The Race to the New World, historian and PhD student Douglas Hunter reveals surprising details...