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Chronic cigarette smoking has a high co-occurrence with alcohol use disorders. Postural instability is also common among alcohol dependent individuals. New findings indicate that chronic cigarette use continues to impact...

Instead of getting surgery, an adventurous surfer in Hawaii sought a different approach to treat his eye condition -- he dipped his head into the rushing water while surfing a gigantic, 30-foot (10 meters) wave, accordin...

Over the past decade, scientists have painted the future of the world's honeybees as full of doom and gloom. But a comprehensive study by the European Commission suggests Earth's busiest pollinators are not dying as rapi...

Men, motivated by a desire to still feel useful, continue working after retirement age -- more so than women do, new research suggests.

It's about what America needs to do to be successful in the future, says the bow-tied former drafting engineer. EICtv News interviewed one of the most recognizable faces of science for the S.E.T. Awards.

Rare or unique astronomical events have a way of capturing the imagination -- and spawning conspiracy theories. Such is the case with the upcoming "blood moon," the total lunar eclipse to happen April 15, which prompted ...

NASA's Curiosity rover was busy scouting out its new science location, an area known as "the Kimberley," and in one of the raw images a light appears in the background. Of course, when anything remotely unusual happens o...

April's first astronomy event will be one that is hard to miss. Mars opposition occurs on Tuesday, and the Red Planet will be the brightest it has been in six years. On Earth, Mars will be easily viewed, and a live strea...

Human bones can serve as a historical record of their owners' lifestyles. Ancient human skeletons from Central Europe reveal how humans shifted from rugged nomads to plow-pushers.

Anxiety-producing intrusive thoughts -- characteristic of obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD -- may actually be widespread in the general population. A new study found that more than 94 percent of people have unwanted...

Drinking just one to two servings of coffee a day may reduce the risk of colon cancer, a new study suggests.

To address the burgeoning demands of Alzheimer's disease that will affect generations, new policies will have to be adopted to acknowledge the complex and unique needs of people with dementia. The aging of the US populat...

A quartet of proteins that play critical roles in cell replication, cell death and DNA repair could lead to better targets for therapy against treatment-resistant head-and-neck squamous cell cancers, research suggests.

Among patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer without a mutation of a certain gene, conventional chemotherapy, compared with treatment using epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors, was asso...

Energy drinks have become increasingly popular among teenagers and young adults during recent years. A new study has examined their use among Italian adolescents. Findings indicate a strong need for comprehensive educati...

Links between adolescents' involvement with music and their drinking-related behaviors have been reviewed by researchers. Results indicate strong associations between liking, owning, and correctly identifying music conta...

Nanoengineering researchers at Rice University and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have unveiled a potentially scalable method for making one-atom-thick layers of molybdenum diselenide -- a highly sought se...

Materials scientists have long known that introducing defects into three-dimensional materials can improve their mechanical and electronic properties. Now a new Northwestern study finds how defects affect two-dimensional...

The next time you feel a sneeze coming on, raise your elbow to cover up that multiphase turbulent buoyant cloud you're about to expel.

30-Second Brain: The 50 most mind-blowing ideas in neuroscience is an admirably wide-ranging book, but simplified explanations leave you wanting more

Research in mice and human cell lines has identified an experimental compound dubbed TTT-3002 as potentially one of the most potent drugs available to block genetic mutations in cancer cells blamed for some forms of trea...

If you're like most people, you've gone online to find out what's causing that ringing in your ears or whether a gluten-free diet is worth considering. Be careful. Researchers have found that, as with so much on the Inte...