Mount Sinai discovers placental stem cells that can regenerate heart after heart attack
stem cells derived from the placenta known as Cdx2 cells can regenerate healthy heart cells after heart attacks in animal models
Farmers have less leisure time than hunter-gatherers, study suggests
Hunter-gatherers who adopt farming work ten hours a week longer than their forager neighbours
Bonobo moms play an active role in helping their sons find a mate
And in so doing, they increase their sons' chance of fatherhood three-fold
Artificial intelligence diagnoses lung cancer
Artificial intelligence is better than specialist doctors at diagnosing lung cancer, a US study suggests.
Head injury effects halted by xenon gas, finds first ever life-long study in mice
Xenon, given shortly after a TBI, prevents early death and long-term cognitive impairment and protects brain tissue itself in mice
Doctors can estimate patient adherence by simply asking about medication routine
Patients in the study were asked to describe their daily routine for taking medication
Formation of the moon brought water to Earth
Planetologists explain how the Earth became a habitable planet; study published in Nature Astronomy
Flamingoes, elephants and sharks: How do blind adults learn about animal appearance?
They've never seen animals like hippos and sharks but adults born blind have rich insight into what they look like, a new Johns Hopkins University study found.
Why lack of sleep is bad for your heart
Study finds short-sleepers have lower levels of gene-regulating microRNA
Aspirin green light for brain bleed stroke patients, study finds
People who suffer a stroke caused by bleeding in the brain - known as brain haemorrhage - can take common medicines without raising their risk of another stroke, a major clinical trial has found.
Civil War plant medicines blast drug-resistant bacteria in lab tests
Confederate field hospitals turned to traditional remedies under Union blockade
'Face Mites' Live in Your Pores, Eat Your Grease and Mate on Your Face While You Sleep
Don't freak out, but you probably have a few dozen arachnids grinding up on the tiny shafts of hair lodged inside your face, quietly gorging themselves on your natural oils.
Freckled Woman with High Alcohol Tolerance Lived in Japan 3,800 Years Ago
More than two decades after researchers discovered the 3,800-year-old remains of "Jomon woman" in Hokkaido, Japan, they've finally deciphered her genetic secrets.
Complex life may only exist because of millions of years of groundwork by ancient fungi
Fossils suggest that fungi may have occupied land well before plants.
Israeli scientists brew beer with revived ancient yeasts
Israeli researchers raised a glass Wednesday to celebrate a long-brewing project of making beer and mead using yeasts extracted from ancient clay vessels-some over 5,000 years old.
The healing power of fish skin for a dog named Stella
Cod skin grafts have anti-inflammatory and antibiotic properties, important for healing and tissue regeneration
Nerve stimulation could provide new treatment option for most common type of stroke
Nerve stimulation therapy increasing blood flow could help those with most common type of stroke up to 24 hours after onset
Spanish flu may have lingered two years before 1918 outbreak and vaccine could have treated it
Its early manifestation was ignored at the time as a "minor infection"
High-intensity exercise may restore heart function in people with type 2 diabetes
University of Otago researchers have discovered that high-intensity exercise can reduce or reverse the loss in heart function caused by type 2 diabetes.
First Author Should Be Responsible for Paper Accuracy: Study
An analysis of misconduct investigations finds first authors are more likely to commit transgressions, suggesting they should be held accountable for the integrity of the work.
FDA Clears Assays for Extragenital Chlamydia/Gonorrhea Testing
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared two tests to detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae from throat and rectum samples.
Population DNA testing for disease risk is coming. Here are five things to know
Screening millions of healthy people for their risk of disease can be cost-effective. But it raises ethical and regulatory concerns.
How corn's ancient ancestor swipes left on crossbreeding
Determining how one species becomes distinct from another has been a subject of fascination dating back to Charles Darwin
New research shows that mites and ticks are close relatives
Genomic evidence that mites and ticks are part of the same evolutionary line 
New neurons form in the brain into tenth decade of life, even in people with Alzheimer's
Neurogenesis may moderate effects of brain pathology
This Fungus Mines For Gold, Then Wears It
Fungus now has a gold standard.
When Human Fat Was a Popular Cure-All
In 16th- and 17th-century Europe, physicians, butchers, and executioners alike hawked the salutary effects of Axungia hominis.