All of humanity should share in the space mining boom
One solitary asteroid might be worth trillions of dollars in platinum and other metals.
Pressure on Exxon Over Climate Change Intensifies With New Documents
Pressure the energy industry increased on Wednesday with the release of decades-old industry documents about climate change
Brain scans link physical changes to cognitive risks of widely used class of drugs
Older adults should avoid a using class of drugs used in OTC products such as nighttime cold medicines because of links to cognitive impairment
Most Americans pray for healing; more than one-fourth have practiced 'laying on of hands'
People pray for others' health more than for their own, Baylor study finds
Vegetables irrigated with treated wastewater expose consumers to drugs
Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center researchers show the link between exposure to pharmaceutical contaminants and consumption of fresh produce grown in reclaimed wastewater-irrigated soil
Vocal signals reveal intent to dominate or submit, study finds
Changes in vocal pitch coincided with dominance, but not prestige, in small groups working together on a task
UT Southwestern research shows 98 percent cure rate for prostate cancer using SBRT
Study shows that Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to treat prostate cancer offers a higher cure rate than traditional approaches
Immunotherapy is first to show survival benefit in head and neck cancer
The immunotherapy drug nivolumab has become the first to show a survival benefit in head and neck cancer, after a major international trial found that it was more effective than standard chemotherapy.
No evidence to suggest lasers pointed at cockpits damage pilots' eyes
But at critical moments the dazzle and distraction could prove disastrous
The unique biology of human breast milk
Humans may have the most complex breast milk of all mammals.
Report: Stagnant US funding for tools against disease threats leaves world at serious risk
Analysis from Global Health Technologies Coalition points way for Congress and US agencies to catalyze and carry American-led research innovations over the finish line
Are lab mice too cold? Why it matters for science
Evidence is mounting that even mild chronic cold stress is skewing results in studies of cancer, inflammation, and more
Dementia threat 'may be less severe' than predicted
The predicted explosion of dementia cases may be less severe than previously thought, a study in Nature Communications suggests.
Coffee Linked to Reduced Risk of Endometrial Cancer
Women who love their coffee, take note: The brewed beverage is associated with a reduced risk of endometrial cancer, a new study finds.
Taking aspirin could increase cancer survival by 20 percent
Study prompts call for more research into aspirin as an additional cancer treatment
Need to remember something? Better draw it, study finds
Drawing pictures of information that needs to be remembered is a strong and reliable strategy to enhance memory
We Need More Space Probes to Venus
Space agencies have paid too little attention to the most Earth-like planet in our solar system
Why super-gonorrhoea is spreading and may soon be untreatable
England’s public health agency has launched an “incident response” after discovering more cases of gonorrhoea that are resistant to nearly all antibiotics.
Do Benzodiazepines Increase the Risk for Dementia?
This is the Medscape Neurology Minute. I'm Dr Alan Jacobs.
First direct evidence of ancient Mars’s oxygen-rich atmosphere
Rocks on the surface of Mars have yielded the best clue yet that the planet once had an atmosphere rich in oxygen.
We are closing in on possible whereabouts of Planet Nine
The search zone is growing smaller.
A new discovery sheds light on ancient Egypt’s most successful female pharaoh
Hatshepsut was no ordinary Egyptian ruler