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As a winter storm prepares to wallop the East Coast tonight and tomorrow (March 13 and 14), NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are keeping a close eye on the region with multiple satellit...

Honeybees treated with a common antibiotic were half as likely to survive the week after treatment compared with a group of untreated bees, a finding that may have health implications for bees and people alike.

People who cook at home more often, rather than eating out, tend to have healthier overall diets without higher food expenses. Lack of time often prevents people from preparing their own nutritious meals. People with lar...

The first of a new class of medication that delivers a combination of drugs by nanoparticle may keep melanoma from becoming resistant to treatment, according to researchers.

Scientists have discovered that specific cells from the immune system are key players in brain repair - a fundamental breakthrough that could revolutionize the treatment of debilitating neurological disorders such as Mul...

The discovery suggests that plants and complex life on Earth are at least 400 million years older than previously thought

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Featured Media Resource: This Is How You Spot Bad Science Reporting (Above the Noise/KQED)How can you spot bad science reporting? Host Myles Bess helps you do just that by following this simple acronym: G - L - A - D. AB...

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When looking for a doctor, many consumers turn to websites that post physician ratings and reviews. A study has found, however, that reviews for individual sports medicine doctors were inconsistent when compared on three...

An international research team has created the first cellular model of anorexia nervosa (AN), reprogramming induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from adolescent females with the eating disorder.

In a small-scale study of women with previously diagnosed mood disorders, researchers report that lower levels of the hormone allopregnanolone in the second trimester of pregnancy were associated with an increased chance...

A molecule naturally produced by the immune system protects mice and monkeys against Zika virus infection, an international team of researchers has found. Administering the molecule, called 25-hydroxycholesterol or 25HC,...

Intestines experience a lot of wear and tear. Without the stalwart stem cells that live in our gut's lining, our ability to absorb food would dwindle and bacteria from the digestive tract would be able to breach the bloo...

A UK government committee quizzed tech giants on their responses to abusive content and warned they had a "terrible reputation" on the matter

They may be tiny but spiders chomp through an estimated 800 million tonnes of mainly insect prey a year, compared with our 400 million tonnes of meat and fish

Scientists are growing tomatoes in urine to feed future Mars astronauts.

What goes better with mornings than coffee? And what goes better with coffee than pie? Today, of all days, is the perfect day to enjoy a slice of pie with your morning coffee--it's Pi Day! Apple pie and coffee for breakf...

Cosmic radiation poses one of the biggest health risks for astronauts on long space missions, but clay extracted from space rocks could protect them

Just 5 per cent of Swedish men between the ages of 30 and 44 are lighting up. They use snus instead, which is banned elsewhere in Europe. But is it safe?

Alida Draudt and Julia Rose West are not only co-authors, business partners, and best of friends, but most importantly, they have differing points of view--which is ideal for two budding Silicon Valley futurists. Alida c...

The famed scientist, known for his many breakthroughs in physics, would have been 138 years old today.