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An ancient mammoth preserved in permafrost could yield the best hoping of cloning the extinct beast yet.

In children, energy drinks can cause serious side effects, such as seizures and cardiovascular problems.

The Breakthrough Prize ceremony is an awards show honoring not the brightest stars in Hollywood but the brightest minds in the fields of physics, mathematics and life sciences. Hosted by Seth MacFarlane, the 2015 Breakth...

A blocked artery causes a deadly kind of heart attack known as STEMI, and a rapid response to clear the blockage saves lives. But in more than half of cases studied, one or both of the patient's other arteries were also ...

Researchers have confirmed their surprising earlier finding: Patients who suffer a STEMI heart attack while while in the hospital for something else are more likely to die than patients who have the same type of heart at...

You can't really boil down four days, 59 speakers, and a few lovely musical interludes into a single word--but here goes. If there was an overriding theme to this year's...

Hypothetical twins who age at different rates suggest the answer is no --

What are the brain factors and behaviors that put teens at risk of alcohol use and abuse before they start drinking? Researchers explore this question in four new abstracts. One provides new evidence that adolescents at ...

Secondhand marijuana smoke may have similar cardiovascular effects as tobacco smoke. Lab rats exposed to secondhand marijuana smoke had a 70 percent drop in blood vessel function.

People with asthma may be at significantly higher risk of heart attack, researchers report.

More than 40 percent of reports to the National Poison Data System for 'energy drink exposure' in a three-year span involved children under age 6. The effects of energy drinks in the reported cases included abnormal hear...

Running as a habitual exercise at any stage in life not only does not increase a person's risk of developing knee osteoarthritis and may even help protect a person from developing the painful disease, according to new re...

Patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis may improve their pain, stiffness and physical function with sustained physical exercise, manual therapy or both, according to new research findings.

An ancient mammoth preserved in permafrost could be the best chance of cloning the extinct beast yet.

Electrically activated muscles, Hawaiian lava blaze and the polar vortex -- just a few of this weeks amazing stories in Science.

(Reuters) - A pioneering robotic spacecraft shut down on Saturday after radioing results of its first and probably last batch of scientific experiments from the surface of a comet, scientists said. Batteries aboard the E...

(Georgetown University Medical Center) What are the brain factors and behaviors that put teens at risk of alcohol use and abuse before they start drinking? Researchers explore this question in 4 abstracts from the Adoles...

(Georgetown University Medical Center) New research points to malfunctioning tau, not amyloid-beta (Abeta) plaque, as the seminal event that spurs neuron death in disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. The lead Georgetow...

(Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University) Marianela Garcia-Munoz and Violeta Lopez-Huerta at the OIST Graduate University illuminate a new purpose for a receptor known to trigger cell death...

(Georgetown University Medical Center) This study suggests menthol doesn't just act as a flavoring, but has a pharmacologic impact. The researchers say menthol acts in combination with nicotine to desensitize receptors i...