Ebola: Your Lingering Questions Answered by Anthony Fauci
My name is Dr Tony Fauci, and I'm speaking to you from my office on the campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.
World Bank plea for Ebola volunteers
The president of the World Bank has appealed for thousands of medical workers to volunteer and help contain the growing Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
How did complex life evolve? The answer could be inside out
A new idea about the origin of complex life turns current theories inside out.
An estimated 2 million pounds of unused medical supplies may be recoverable in US operating rooms
Researchers identify nineteen common categories of medical supplies for donation to underserved countries with a possible value of at least $15 million per year
Roman Gladiators Drank Ash Energy Drink
Roman gladiators drank an energy drink of vinegar and ash, according to an anthropological investigation of arena fighter bones.
Study: Menopausal symptoms may be lessened with young children in the house
The timeless, multicultural tradition of grandmothering might have an unexpected benefit
New prostate cancer screening guideline recommends not using PSA test
Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care releases updated guideline
Prostate cancer, kidney disease detected in urine samples on the spot
New device uses DNA to latch onto disease markers
Prostate cancer risk reduced by sleeping with many women, but increased with many men
Having sex with more than 20 women is associated with a 28% lower risk of one day being diagnosed with prostate cancer
Can chocolate boost memory? Only in insane amounts
Here's one for chocoholics to chew on.
Your Cat Has No Idea What You Want And Is Kind of Scared of You
Cats don't do social skills
Telltale Signs of Life Could Be Deepest Yet
Telltale signs of life have been discovered in rocks that were once 12 miles (20 kilometers) below Earth's surface - some of the deepest chemical evidence for life ever found.
Radiation exposure linked to aggressive thyroid cancers
International team studied children and teens exposed after Chernobyl
Researchers identify algae-virus DNA in humans
The DNA of a virus once thought confined to the cells of algae may in fact invade the biological kingdom of mice and men, according to a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins and UNL.
Spices and herbs: Improving public health through flavorful eating -- a call to action
Scientific conference proceedings published in special supplement to Nutrition Today
HPV infections in women eradicated by AHCC, Japanese mushroom extract
Results of human pilot study presented at SIO meeting in Houston
Body has 'rush hour' transformation
A pair of "rush hours" every day rapidly change the way tissues throughout the body work, scientists have discovered.
Breakthrough: DNA 'Wire' Carries Electric Current
Demonstrating that electric current can be transmitted through long DNA molecules
Guzzling milk might boost your risk of breaking bones
Drinking milk in large quantities may not be as good for general health and bones as we thought
Status shift for whale pelvic bones
A new study, co-authored by Erik Otárola-Castillo, suggests that whale bones have a very specific purpose.
Key to sounding charismatic revealed
Scientists say they now understand what makes a voice sound charismatic.
Researcher explores the truths behind myths of ancient Amazons
Hippolyta, Antiope and Penthesilea. These are the names of Amazonian women warriors made famous in folklore, thanks in large part to male Greek storytellers like Homer and Herodotus.
Scripps Research Institute scientists make enzyme that could help explain origins of life
Mimicking natural evolution in a test tube, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have devised an enzyme with a unique property that might have been crucial to the origin of life on Earth.
Molecular map reveals genetic origins of 21 autoimmune diseases
Scientists have created a molecular map that pinpoints genetic variants that play a role in 21 different autoimmune diseases, they report Oct. 29 in the journal Nature.
Survival rates in pediatric umbilical cord transplants may indicate a new standard of care
Results of a multi-center trial published in New England Journal of Medicine
Google Is Working on a Pill That Can Figure Out What Ails You
Microscopic particles will spy on the cells of your body and look for any disease, including cancer
Earth’s nitrogen-rich atmosphere linked to plate tectonics
Reactions deep in the crust liberate nitrogen, which volcanoes can then release.
Brain decoder can eavesdrop on your inner voice
As you read this, your neurons are firing – that brain activity can now be decoded to reveal the silent words in your head
Seeing dinosaur feathers in a new light
University of Bonn researchers postulate: Dinosaurs' color vision sheds light on the origin of feathers
Prophet's ancient seal provides insights from antiquity
When a personal artifact of a religious leader is discovered nearly 1,700 years after its use, the object provides invaluable historical insights.
Doubt cast over air pollution link between childhood leukemia and power lines
Theory suggesting risk of leukaemia among children born close to overhead power lines was caused by altering air pollution is called into question
New study finds oceans arrived early to Earth
Earth is known as the Blue Planet because of its oceans, which cover more than 70 percent of the planet's surface and are home to the world's greatest diversity of life.
Magma pancakes beneath Lake Toba
Subsurface sources of mega-eruptions
Sadness lasts longer than other emotions
Important or traumatic events are followed by longer lasting emotions, study says
Young adults ages 18 to 26 should be viewed as separate subpopulation in policy and research
Young adults ages 18-26 are in a critical period of development
Identifying the source of stem cells
Cells of mammalian embryos choose to become placenta or form the baby
For stroke patients, hospital bed position is delicate balancing act
Bed position is example of how attention to detail improves outcomes
Why scratching 'intensifies itching'
Research into itching has indicated why scratching can paradoxically make you feel more itchy.
Low oxygen 'delayed life on Earth'
There's been much debate about why animals took so long to evolve and thrive on Earth.
Scientists trigger self-destruct switch in lung cancer cells
Drug combination that can trigger the self-destruct process in lung cancer cells
Tau, not amyloid-beta, triggers neuronal death process in Alzheimer's
New research points to tau, not amyloid-beta (Abeta) plaque, as the seminal event that spurs neuron death in disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.
After Fukushima, Japan gets green boom―and glut
Like other Japanese who were banking on this country's sweeping move toward clean energy, Junichi Oba is angry.
Ebola: Are cases levelling off?
We may be entering a new phase of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
New technique efficiently turns antibodies into highly tuned 'nanobodies'
Nanobodies can do the same tasks as antibodies
How the infamous Yellow Rain investigation has inspired a drug delivery innovation
The history of science is full of episodes when a seemingly ludicrous theory is ridiculed, but then slowly gathers evidence and support to move from the fringes to the heart of the scientific consensus.