A sonic tour of New York, from the agonizing screech of the Union Square subway station to one of the quietest rooms in the city: Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln...
If you have the idea that every patient curses unpredictably, think again http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-do-we-know-about-tourettes...
Here's a surprise: Wild crows can recognize individual people. They can pick a person out of crowd, follow them, and remember them for years. But people —...
A genome engineering machine that tweaks dozens of genes to create billions of bacterial strains in a few days could help produce biofuel or medicinal...
Children who eat plenty of dairy foods such as milk and cheese can expect to live longer, a study suggests http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8170002.stm...
Scientists have found that evolution is driving women to become ever more beautiful, while men remain as aesthetically unappealing as their caveman ancestors ...
No mountain gorilla is ordinary, but those found in northwest Rwanda are especially fascinating. They are the gorillas studied by legendary primatologist Dian...
An analysis of rare genetic disorders in which children lack some genes from one parent suggests that maternal and paternal genes engage in a subtle tug-of-war...
International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming them as deadly as...
The world's first known tree-dwelling vertebrate has just been identified, according to a new study. The tiny, agile animal lived 30 million years before the...
Nicholas Wade: In a new study, researchers raise the possibility that if certain brown fat cells could be made more active, a person might burn more fat ...
The classic Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf had connections with the ideology of racial biology according to a new article that has stirred up a debate. ...
Why did we humans evolve such big brains? Two new studies suggest it is no fluke that a big boom in brain size coincided with the onset of an ice age ...
Chronic stress rewires the brains of rats to make them creatures of habit who make rote decisions instead of changing their behavior to gain rewards, a study...
If you want to stay slim, don't hang out with fat friends as they can make you obese, mounting evidence suggests http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8172258.stm...
Tiny synthetic particles carrying a payload of toxin worked as well as chemotherapy at killing ovarian cancer cells in mice, without the bad side effects, U.S....
We each have two parents, but their genetic contributions to what makes us us are uneven. New research shows we are an amalgam of influences from mom and dad ...
