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A small fraction of the United States population feels a cultural affinity to Judaism, despite having no ancestral or direct religious ties to it, new research suggests. Those people tend to be more Republican-leaning an...

Menopausal women suffer from half as many hot flashes after receiving a non-hormonal chronic pain treatment. The nerve block treatment interrupts the area of the brain that regulates body temperature, reducing moderate-t...

Leaf peeping, chocolate frogs and dancing atoms - just a few of the amazing images we found in Science.

Psychological interventions halve deaths and cardiovascular events in heart disease patients, according to research.

New research shows that the tiny proportion of a cell's DNA that is located outside the cell nucleus has a disproportionately large effect on a cell's metabolism. The work, with the model plant Arabidopsis, may have impl...

System delays in treating patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction postpones their return to work and increases early retirement, according to research.

Development of a vaccine against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has taken a step forward with the Canadian discovery of how EBV infection evades detection by the immune system.

Macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss among older people in the U.S., and there is no treatment for the condition. Now, researchers say they have found a compound that might treat AMD, and could be adm...

Facts take precedence over opinion in the news cycle.

The chemical Erin Brockovich fought to protect people from decades ago still plagues California water.

James Watson was a pioneer molecular biologist who, along with two other scientists, was awarded the Nobel Prize for discovering the double helix structure of the DNA molecule.

A team of inspectors from the United Nations and Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) entered Syria to begin the long task of finding and disposing of the country's chemical weapon stockpile.

Are new EPA rules for power plants enough to counter carbon pollution?