Study finds connection between cardiac blood test before surgery and adverse outcomes
Doctors can predict who is at greater risk of heart attacks and other negative vascular events after surgery
'Lost crops' could have fed as many as maize
Experimental cultivation of seed crops lost to history reveals much higher yields than expected
Powder, not gas: A safer, more effective way to create a star on Earth
Sprinkling boron powder into the plasma could aid in harnessing the ultra-hot gas within a tokamak facility
Study reveals which countries’ researchers work through their holidays
Academics are renowned for working long hours but exactly how often they work on holidays and at weekends has now been revealed.
Poor antibiotic stewardship blamed as India found to be superbug’s birthplace
New research shows another highly drug resistant pathogen that has gone global most likely originated on the Indian subcontinent
The Ganges Brims With Dangerous Bacteria
This sacred river offers clues to the spread of one of the world's most daunting health problems: germs impervious to common medicines.
Lewis stone circle has star-shaped lightning strike
Evidence of a "massive" lightning strike has been found at the centre of a stone circle in the Western Isles.
Chimpanzees more likely to share tools, teach skills when task is complex
Teach a chimpanzee to fish for insects to eat, and you feed her for a lifetime. Teach her a better way to use tools in gathering prey, and you may change the course of evolution.
New Study Identifies Key Characteristics of Expert Liars
Good liars lean towards telling inconsequential lies, mostly to colleagues and friends
Asian Giant Hornet Invasion Threatens Honey Bees in Pacific Northwest
An expert said of the hornets: "They are sworn enemies of honey bees. I would say a bee's worst nightmare."
Why isn't there a vaccine for staph?
New approach points to untapped immune cells, early immunization
Many younger patients with stomach cancer have a distinct disease, Mayo research discovers
New, early onset form often grows and spreads more quickly, has a worse prognosis, and is more resistant to traditional chemotherapy treatments
Flu Season Worsens Early, More Deaths Reported
Influenza has spread across the entire United States during week 50, worsening several weeks earlier than last year
Updated Guidance for Hepatitis C Virus Treatment in Primary Care
We lack enough providers willing to diagnose, evaluate, treat, and monitor most of the infected patients in the primary care setting.
How a 35,000-Year-Old Frozen Woolly Mammoth Tastes
A gastronomic investigation of mammoth feasts
New engine tech that could get us to Mars faster
If we're ever to make regular journeys from Earth to Mars and other far-off destinations, we might need new kinds of engines.
Brain-like functions emerging in a metallic nanowire network
Emerging fluctuation-based functionalities are expected to open a way to novel memory device technology
Report links recommended physical activity levels to lower risk of seven cancers
More activity linked to lower risk for several cancer types
Women with single dose of HPV vaccine gain similar protection as multiple doses
One dose of the HPV vaccine may prevent infection from the potential cancer-causing virus
Forces from Earth's spin may spark earthquakes and volcanic eruptions at Mount Etna
New research suggests forces pulling on Earth's surface as the planet spins may trigger earthquakes and eruptions at volcanoes.
Measles may have emerged when large cities rose, 1500 years earlier than thought
Virus may have entered the human population as early as the fourth century B.C.E., rather than in medieval times
'Alarming Trend': Gastric Cancer Increase in Younger Adults
Incidence of gastric cancer among younger adults  in the U.S. increased steadily since the 1990s and now makes up at least 30% of all new gastric cancer diagnoses
Injecting the flu vaccine into a tumor gets the immune system to attack it
Activating the immune system at the site of a tumor can re-engage the immune system.
Heart attack discovery could give hope to people not able to be treated
New treatment for heart attack scar
Delivering TB vaccine intravenously dramatically improves potency, study shows
Simply changing the way the vaccine is administered could dramatically boost its protective power
Stolen Research: Chinese Scientist Is Accused of Smuggling Lab Samples
Zaosong Zheng, a promising cancer researcher, confessed that he had planned to take the stolen samples to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, and publish the results under his own name.
Earliest evidence for rhizomes roasting in Africa 170 thousand years ago
Earliest direct evidence for the collecting and cooking of carbohydrate-rich rhizomes
Climate signals detected in global weather
The climate signal can actually be discerned in daily weather data, provided that global spatial patterns are taken into account
Engrams emerging as the basic unit of memory
Rapid progress made over the last dozen years in identifying, characterizing and even manipulating engrams
No eyes, no problem: Marine creature expands boundaries of vision
Ophiocoma wendtii, is only the second creature known to be able to see without having eyes
Demon with Forked Tongue Found on Clay Tablet in Library of Assyrian Exorcists
An ancient drawing of a demon blamed for epileptic seizures has been discovered on a 2,700-year-old Assyrian clay tablet.
How the extinction of Ice Age mammals may have forced humans to invent civilization
Disappearance of the animals we depended on for food may have forced our culture to evolve
China pneumonia outbreak: Mystery virus probed in Wuhan
Chinese authorities have launched an investigation into a mysterious viral pneumonia which has infected dozens of people in the central city of Wuhan.
New Study Looks at Why Neptune-Sized and Larger Exoplanets are Rare
Atmospheres of sub-Neptunes readily dissolve into magma oceans on their surface once the planets reach about 3 times the size of Earth
Man with 5.5-inch horn growing on his back slipped “through the net,” docs say
The man lived in a developed country with access to free healthcare
Australia’s Worst Wildfires in Decades Are About to Get Even Worse
The worst wildfires to ravage Australia in decades-already blamed for the deaths of at least 17 people-are expected to cause more damage over the weekend, as the country faces soaring temperatures and no rain in sight.