Month: December 2009

Increased physical activity appears to be associated with a lower risk of cancer-specific and overall…

Dark spots on flower petals are common across many angiosperm plant families and occur on…

Researchers are one step closer to developing a vaccine against the AIDS disease. They have…

Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered two distinct kinds of “rejuvenated” stars…

Whether it’s doing sit-ups or eating steamed veggies instead of fries, it’s often difficult to…

Genes that don’t themselves directly affect the inherited characteristics of an organism but leave them…

Blood pressure is controlled in part by changes in the radius of blood vessels; when…

The 40,000 ‘eco-tourists’ who visit the South Pole every year cause enormous greenhouse gas emissions….

Genomic switches can predispose an individual to one set of autoimmune disorders but protect the…