It's nature vs. nurture. One of the big debates of our time involves the causes of economic growth. Why is North America richer than South America? Why is...
Tal Ben-Shahar's class on happiness was Harvard University's most popular course last year, surpassing Introduction to Economics. He was in the Los Angeles...
US researchers have engineered a line of "mighty mice" whose human equivalent would have similar abilities to the bicycling champion Lance Armstrong, according...
The virus from Africa reached the U.S. by way of Haiti, a genetic study shows. http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-aids30oct30,0,1617683.story...
The brain is no longer the black box it used to be, and neuroscientists are starting to put new knowledge to good use, developing better animal models for...
After clocks are turned back this weekend, pedestrians walking during the evening rush hour are nearly three times more likely to be struck and killed by cars...
Here's another reason to get the kids to bed early: More sleep may lower their risk of becoming obese. Researchers have found that every additional hour per...
Carrying two genes linked to epilepsy may actually make you less likely to have a seizure, say US researchers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7075375.stm...
New proof of "mirror neurons" explains why we experience the grief and joy of others, and maybe why humans are altruistic. But don't call us Gandhi yet. ...
The discovery of thriving communities of survivors at the end of the Cretaceous period is giving some scientists second thoughts about the extinction's causes...
Women want to talk about it, but men are more likely to retreat into stoney silence. Our correspondent investigates the science behind how we argue ...
A rise in healthy people popping pills to boost performance in exams or work, raises long-term ethical and safety concerns about the effects of such...
Fear may be linked to the sense of smell, and can be switched off simply by shutting down certain receptors in the brain, Japanese scientists have found. ...
GM foods are safe, healthy and essential if we ever want to achieve decent living standards for the world's growing population. Misplaced moralising about them...
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