Month: November 2011

Climate change, land use and other human-driven factors could pit savannas and forests against each…

A vampire-like bacteria that leeches onto specific other bacteria — including certain human pathogens —…

Boys do better on tests of technical aptitude (for example, mechanical aptitude tests) than girls….

Fifty years after participating in studies of pentosuria, an inherited disorder once mistaken for diabetes,…

From the dotcom bust in the late nineties to the housing crash in the run-up…

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory hit a materials research milestone in the Office…

Obesity and depression both dramatically increase health care costs, but they mainly act separately, according…

Cancer doctors want to offer a sympathetic ear, but sometimes miss the cues from patients….