The fish that have bellies full of mice – but we don’t know how
It's a cat-and-mouse tale with a difference. The lesser salmon catfish has been found feasting on mice. But how does it catch them?
Did Lucy Die Falling From a Tree?
Researchers say they've figured a cause of death for the 3.2-million-year-old fossil, and it could change how we understand her daily life.
FSU research team makes Zika drug breakthrough
Discovery shows existing drugs can treat virus
Scientists report on safe, non-addictive opioid analgesic in animal model
Since the isolation of morphine from opium in the 19th century, scientists have hoped to find a potent opioid analgesic that isn't addictive and doesn't cause respiratory arrest with increased doses.
Study finds shark fins & meat contain high levels of neurotoxins linked to Alzheimer's disease
UM research team says restricting shark consumption protects human health and shark populations
Dogs understand both vocabulary and intonation of human speech
Dogs have the ability to distinguish vocabulary words and the intonation of human speech through brain regions similar to those that humans use, a new study reports.
Researchers identify characteristic chemical signature for chronic fatigue syndrome
Discovery, along with revealed underlying biology, could lead to faster, more accurate diagnoses and more effective, personalized therapies
Five-year study reveals patients operated on at night twice as likely to die as patients who have daytime operations
Patients who have surgery during the night are twice as likely to die as patients operated on during regular working hours
Lightning storm kills over 300 deer in Norway
It's the biggest group of deer that has ever been killed by lightning in a single storm.
Researchers discover machines can learn by simply observing
Researchers working with swarm robots make major breakthrough
Doctors usually think bigger hospitals offer better surgery. Turns out, we’re wrong.
We usually think large, academic hospitals are best. That's not always right.
Caffeine and its analogues revert memory deficits by normalizing stress responses in the brain
A study published in the journal Scientific Reports from Nature publishing group, describes the mechanism by which caffeine counteracts age-related cognitive deficits in animals.
Tasmanian devils evolve to resist deadly cancer
Study could direct future research on cancer remission, recurrence
Japanese team unveils lunar rover
A team of Japanese researchers has unveiled a prototype flight model of a lunar rover based on an almost-completed design.
Smarter brains are blood-thirsty brains
A University of Adelaide-led project has overturned the theory that the evolution of human intelligence was simply related to the size of the brain -- but rather linked more closely to the supply of blood to the brain.
Ex-Army chief Dannatt 'sorry' over malaria drug Lariam
A former Army chief has apologised for allowing troops to take a controversial anti-malaria drug despite personally believing it can have "catastrophic" mental health effects.
Passive-smoking risk confirmed among Japanese
A group of researchers says the risk of lung cancer from secondhand smoke exposure has been confirmed among Japanese for the first time.
Increasing number of US adults using marijuana as fewer people perceive the drug as harmful
Findings suggest the need for improved education and prevention messages
What Can Be Learned From a Cough?
Types of Cough and the Information They Provide
Why pneumococci affect primarily humans
May be explained by special variant of a sugar molecule in the human nose
Dengue vaccine could increase or worsen dengue in some settings
Researchers say health officials must be careful about where vaccine is used
The Secret to a Breakthrough in Fighting Norovirus? Human Bile
Adding bile makes norovirus models even more realistic
An Even Deadlier Opioid, Carfentanil, Is Hitting The Streets
First responders have found that standard doses of naloxone aren't always enough to counteract the powerful sedating effects of carfentanil.
Hereditary diseases are the price of protection against infections
Balancing selection is responsible for helping us fend off pathogens, but also for the occurrence of mutations in our genome that predispose us to hereditary diseases
For first time, carbon nanotube transistors outperform silicon
Carbon nanotube transistors created that outperform state-of-the-art silicon transistors
Placenta in females, muscle mass in males: The dual heritage of a virus
Genes of viral origin may also be responsible for the more developed muscle mass seen in males
Two Pterosaur Finds Are Helping to Untangle Their Family Tree
An intact skull and a pint-sized species offer clues to how these creatures evolved
F.D.A. Bans Sale of Many Antibacterial Soaps, Saying Risks Outweigh Benefits
F.D.A. said it will ban triclosan, among other antibacterial chemicals
Plastic microbeads expected to be banned by end of 2017
The UK government has announced plans to ban microbeads used in cosmetics and cleaning products by 2017.
Study Finds Increase in Temporary Paralysis Accompanied Zika Outbreaks
Only one in five infected people show symptoms of Zika
Lung cancer patients whose tumor has spread to the brain could be spared radiotherapy
Brain radiotherapy makes little or no difference to how length of  survival and quality of life
Asthma gene's effect on respiratory symptoms in infancy depends on breastfeeding status
Breastfeeding could protect infants who have a genetic profile linked with asthma risk
This Tiny Ankylosaur Ate... Fish?
Paleontologists claim to have found a little armored dinosaur that
There is now a sixth taste – and it explains why we love carbs
Evidence that carbohydrate-rich foods may elicit a unique taste too
Freddie Mercury received an asteroid for his 70th birthday
'A shooting star leaping through the sky'