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Our crudest outbursts can unravel ancient links between words and thoughts. They may even hint at our ancestors' first utterances, finds Tiffany O'Callaghan (full text available to subscribers)     

A preliminary study indicates that weekend alcohol consumption may affect DNA.

Genetic research from across the ocean poised to help coffee bean growers in Columbia.

Hydrophone arrays complement satellite data to monitor iceberg movements.

While the new finding may not push Alice's hookah-smoking insect from its psychedelic pedestal, this caterpillar is pretty snazzy, as it puffs out nicotine to ward off hungry wolf spiders.

Is industry really to blame for climate change?

A Tobacco Hornworm caterpillar that fed on regular tobacco was able to ward off a spider attack with a release of noxious warning that is produced nicotine. Caterpillars fed genetically modified tobacco did not fare well...

Mangrove forests have more than doubled in expanse on the northern end of Florida's East Coast, likely because climate change has led to fewer cold snaps, a new study finds.

In a push to bring drones to U.S. skies, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected six site operators to research and test unmanned aircraft across the country.

Concept For Mars One Colony Bryan Versteeg and Mars One The number of Earthlings looking at a potential one-way ticket to Mars has just shrunk by 99.5 percent. People started applying for a voyage to the red planet in Ap...

Most large, clinical trials of vitamin supplements, including some that have concluded they are of no value or even harmful, have a flawed methodology that renders them largely useless in determining the real value of th...

Recent data shows that more than 500,000 women in the US report drinking during pregnancy, with about 20 percent of this population admitting to binge drinking. Even one episode of heavy drinking can lead to the collecti...

Schizophrenia was only recognized as a medical condition in the past few decades, and its exact causes remain unclear. Now a researcher has discovered that an important cell-maintenance process called autophagy is reduce...

Introducing testosterone in select areas of a male canary's brain can affect its ability to successfully attract and mate with a female through birdsong. These findings could shed light on how testosterone acts in the hu...

For the estimated 10 percent of patients whose bodies reject a corneal transplant, the odds of a second transplant succeeding are poor. All that could change, however, based on a study that has found a way to boost the c...

Study helps explain how nicotine exploits the body's cellular machinery to promote addiction. The findings could lead to new therapies to help people quit smoking.

Cloud forests actually may see brighter light levels than sunny forest expanses, but despite this are surprisingly tolerant of drought, new research finds.

It's been a fast-moving year, so before diving headlong into 2014, we thought we'd take stock and revisit some of the year's most notable stories in exponential technology.

Anthony Joseph defends computing from cyber attacks.

How closely is power generation connected with weapons production?

Anthony Joseph discusses his beginnings and research in computer science.

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