People don't pay enough attention to how repugnance affects decisions about what can be bought and sold, asserts an economist at Harvard University. ...
What are you supposed to do with the knowledge that you have a 30 percent increased risk of Alzheimer's disease or a 40 percent decreased likelihood of...
The roots of the domesticated cat's family tree all converge in the Middle East, with many surprising ancestral twists and turns along the way, reveals a new...
The fossil of a land-bound reptile that could be a link between prehistoric and modern-day crocodiles was put on public display for the first time yesterday. ...
Language evolves in sudden leaps, according to a statistical study of three major language groups. The finding challenges the slow-and-steady model held by...
Oh, it brings such blessed relief and now scientists can tell you why -- scratching an itch temporarily shuts off areas in the brain linked with unpleasant...
Forget all the scare stories about loss of fertility - women who delay having children are on to a good thing, according to a controversial new book by this...
The Fongoli chimps of Senegal will break off a branch, sharpen it with their teeth, and use it to hunt bush babies. That's just one of the recent discoveries...
His success as a public intellectual did not seduce him into extending himself far beyond his professional competence and rigor in the service of some general...
Scientists have found more than 500 genes that account for variations across human populations including skin color, height, and vulnerability to disease,...
Variations in a gene helped shield adults who had endured child abuse from becoming depressed as adults, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that helps...
The most profound insights to emerge from the pursuit of synthetic life just may be about real life. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/science/05angi.html...
British scientists say they have created human embryos containing DNA from two women and a man in a procedure that researchers hope might be used one day to...
Becoming overweight as a child is more likely to be the result of your genes than your lifestyle, claims a study. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7230065.stm...
LIFE: A GENE-CENTRIC VIEW Craig Venter & Richard Dawkins A Conversation in Munich (Moderator: John Brockman) Complete One-Hour Video & Transcript BETTER THAN...
Analysis of a 40,000-year-old tooth found in southern Greece suggests Neanderthals were more mobile than once thought, paleontologists said Friday. ...
Three-month-old babies appear to have brain circuits dedicated to noticing quantity, adding weight to the argument that humans possess an innate numerical...
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