The Shocking Truth about Aftershocks
After an earthquake, some aftershocks go on for an astonishingly long time.
Immune war with donor cells after transplant may wipe out HIV
HAVE we had it all back to front?
From pill to needle: Prescription opioid epidemic may be increasing drug injection
Drug users born in the 1980s and 1990s are turning to injection drug more quickly than previous generations, a USC-led study suggests
Underlying molecular mechanism of bipolar disorder revealed
Findings inform development of potential diagnostic test and improved therapies
Cannabis reverses aging processes in the brain
Researchers at the University of Bonn restore the memory performance of Methuselah mice to a juvenile stage
'Humanlike' ways of thinking evolved 1.8 million years ago, suggests new study
Observing modern humans crafting ancient tools reveals human-like ways of thinking may have emerged 1.8 million years ago
Why Everything We Know About Salt May Be Wrong
The salt equation taught to doctors for more than 200 years is not hard to understand.
The vicious circle of inequality
An international investigation into the association between societal inequality and instability and psychological motives for group dominance
Ancient minerals fill in lost chapter of Earth’s history
A study of the oldest minerals ever found has shed new light on Earth in the Hadean eon, 4.4 billion years ago. Andrew Stapleton reports.
Doctors should be paid by salary, not fee-for-service, argue behavioral economists
Fee-for-service payments have adverse consequences that dwarf those of the payments from pharmaceutical companies
Believing a cocktail contains an energy drink makes you feel more drunk
New research suggests that simply telling a young man that an energy drink has been added to his alcoholic beverage can make him feel more intoxicated, daring and sexually self-confident.
Experts advise against surgery for almost all patients with degenerative knee damage
Knee arthroscopy  should not be performed in almost all patients with degenerative knee disease
Hospitals must be prepared for ransomware attacks
Hospitals need to be prepared for ransomware attacks, warns a doctor in The BMJ today.
Experts argue that obesity is a chronic, relapsing, progressive disease
Obesity fits the epidemiological model of a disease process
Snowball Earth melting led to freshwater ocean 2 kilometres deep
A little more than 600 million years ago, you could have drunk from the ocean.
About a third of FDA-approved drugs go on to have major safety issues
Amid calls for faster reviews, researchers look for ways to catch dangerous drugs.
Beauty requires thought, neuroscientists find
Experiencing beauty requires thought, a team of neuroscientists finds, in a new study that confirms an 18th-century claim by the philosopher Immanuel Kant.
Antibiotic-resistant microbes date back to 450 million years ago, well before the age of dinosaurs
Survival of mass extinctions helps to explain near indestructible properties of hospital superbugs
Humans Have a Poor Sense of Smell? It’s Just a Myth
By shoving her nose against a fire hydrant, your terrier may be able to decipher which pit bull in the neighborhood marked it before her. But that doesn't necessarily mean she's a superior sniffer.
Zinc acetate lozenges may increase the recovery rate from the common cold by 3 fold
According to a meta-analysis of three randomized controlled trials zinc acetate lozenges may increase the rate of recovery from the common cold three fold.
Alzheimer's experts call for changes in FDA drug approval standards
Call for FDA to clarify and modernize its current approach for approving new treatments for Alzheimer's disease
Study shows 'walking a mile in their shoes' may be hazardous to your health
UB researcher says how we arrive at empathy is as important as being empathetic
The Surgical Soundtrack: The Effects of Music in the OR
It was in 1914 that Pennsylvania surgeon Dr Evan O'Neil Kane first hauled a gramophone into the operating room.
Music in the OR: Turn It Up, or Turn It Off?
Is an operating room the right place for Beethoven, Beyoncé, or Phil Collins?
Brain zaps let minimally conscious people communicate for a week
People in a minimally conscious state have been "woken" for a whole week after a brief period of brain stimulation.
Test combo could distinguish Alzheimer’s earlier than ever
Combining multiple tests could help doctors distinguish between two leading causes of cognitive decline at an earlier stage.
Canada Unveils 'Dinosaur Mummy' Found With Skin And Gut Contents Intact
"We don't just have a skeleton. We have a dinosaur as it would have been."
A path toward ending AIDS in the US by 2025
Study models HIV incidence, prevalence and mortality to determine feasible targets for ending the epidemic