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Giant vines are beginning to strangle Earth's tropical forests, warns biologist William Laurance, and it's not just down to climate change (full text available to subscribers)     

Glove Brian Klutch Anyone who's worn waterproof boots knows that although they shed moisture, they're magnets for grime. Most water-repelling treatments still allow for surface friction, so particles of mud, soot, oil, o...

A unique study of 16 pairs of identical twins in which one twin is obese and the other lean has yielded some surprising results. In 8 of the pairs of twins, the obese twin was as 'metabolically healthy' as his or her lea...

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A tale of an Indonesian volcano, a monk, and the mass graves of London. Originally published: Oct 1 2013 - 3:30pm, Inside Science News Service By: Joel N. Shurkin, ISNS Contributor (ISNS) -- The Benedictine monk Matthew ...

Expanding programs like Meals on Wheels, because they help some Medicaid-receiving seniors stay out of nursing homes, would save 26 of 48 states money, in addition to allowing more seniors to stay in their own homes, acc...

Research to delay aging and the infirmities of old age would have better population health and economic returns than advances in individual fatal diseases such as cancer or heart disease, reveals a new study.

There still appears to be insufficient evidence to support using probiotics (Lactobacillus reuteri) to manage colic or to prevent crying in infants, especially in formula-fed babies, but it may also be an effective treat...

Nearly 1 in 10 people 21 years of age or younger reported perpetrating some type of coercive or forced sexual violence during their lifetime, and perpetrators reported more exposure to violent X-rated material, according...

The Silicon Valley personal genetics company 23andMe has created a wave of controversy about "designer babies," following its recent receipt of a patent for a system through which prospective parents could select sperm o...

Three Confederate Prisoners Three captured Confederates, Gettysburg 1863 Mathew Brady original, Jordan J. Lloyd Colorized Photographs from the American Civil War have a funereal air to them. Add color to these historical...

In a pilot study, 20 grandmothers were able to lower their stress levels with a biofeedback device that tracks breathing patterns.

Not only do some online video games promote a less-than-active lifestyle for children, the content of some of these games also may be contributing to unhealthy diets. A team of researchers took a closer look at what are ...

For years scientists have been working to fundamentally understand how nanoparticles move throughout the human body. One big unanswered question is how the shape of nanoparticles affects their entry into cells. Now resea...

By tinkering with their chemical structures, researchers have essentially re-invented a class of popular antimicrobial drugs, restoring and in some cases, expanding or improving, their effectiveness against drug-resistan...

Fossils found in China suggest an early bird had a tail of two parts – one primitive, one modern     

The moon jellyfish may move slowly, but it does so more efficiently than almost any other animal, helping explain why jellyfish can overwhelm ecosystems     

Some small marsupial males drop dead from stress after their first breeding season, perhaps because of the females' sexual behaviour     

If particles of dark matter had never formed the clumps they are in today, they would scurry around space at no more than 54 metres per second     

A UN decision means that international airlines will have to curb their greenhouse gas emissions from 2020 – but it's not clear by how much     

Beams of ultrasonic sound waves project a force field in front of screens, making it feel as though a user is touching an invisible 3D surface     

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