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The Neanderthal gene mutation, which had previously gone undetected, could explain why Mexicans and other Latin Americans have a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes as white, non-Hispanics. The finding could uncover new targe...

As people's waistlines increase, so does the incidence of type 2 diabetes. Now scientists have a better understanding of exactly what happens in the body that leads up to type 2 diabetes, and what likely causes some of t...

Mars One, the private organization proposing to colonize Mars by 2025, recently announced Lockheed Martin is working on a mission concept study for a Mars lander based on their 2007 Phoenix lander. Mars One also recently...

Research on enzymes that regulate human biology has uncovered characteristics that could be used to identify predisposition to conditions such as heart disease, diabetic ulcers and some types of cancer.

Having shingles may increase the risk of having a stroke years later, according to research.

Researchers and officials will send a pulse of water down the Colorado River, one of the most dammed and diverted waterways in the world, to see if the influx rejuvenates the wetlands and estuary at the river's terminus.

Researchers have found that drivers in the United States are distracted 10 percent of their time on the road, and for novice drivers, this distraction leads to greater risk for accidents.

Map of the possible impact points of 2014 AA, produced by astronomer Bill Gray. Bill Gray

Rudimentary technology gets an update.

The Eastern U.S. - from the Appalachians to Maine -- is bracing for a snowstorm to close out this first week of 2014. The Weather Channel, which began naming winter storms in the 2012-2013 season, has dubbed this snowy m...

Changes in water masses during La Niña events can significantly slow the melting rate of one of Antarctica's largest glaciers, according to a new study.

A majority of surveyed physicians said they were alerted to a potential medication error or critical lab value by an electronic health record, finds a new study.

Your nose is not the only organ in your body that can sense cigarette smoke wafting through the air. Scientists have showed that your lungs have odor receptors as well. The odor receptors in your lungs are in the membran...

Increased federal funding for community health centers has helped low-income adults get access to primary and dental care, according to a new study.

In a finding that directly contradicts the standard biological model of animal cell communication, scientists have discovered that typical cells in animals have the ability to transmit and receive biological signals by m...

Adults who are covered by Medicaid use emergency rooms 40 percent more than those in similar circumstances who do not have health insurance, according to a unique new study that sheds empirical light on the inner working...

When the sports performance of elite men and women soccer players is compared using absolute criteria, the differences are significant.

Two INSERM research teams recently discovered that pregnenolone, a molecule produced by the brain, acts as a natural defense mechanism against the harmful effects of cannabis in animals. Pregnenolone prevents THC, the ma...

When a bacterial cell divides into two daughter cells there can be an uneven distribution of certain survival mechanisms. The resulting cells can behave differently from each other, depending on which parts they received...

From 1 January, residents of Colorado aged 21 or older became the first people in the world able to buy pot for legally sanctioned recreational use     

Welcome to North Dronekota According to the University of North Dakota's privacy policy regarding drone use, these signs must be set up alerting the public to a drone flight. Kelsey D. Atherton Earlier this week, flying ...

Radiologists, medical physicists and orthopaedic surgeons have found a way to create "movies" of the wrist in motion using a series of brief magnetic resonance imaging scans.