Month: March 2012

It can be difficult to uncover the behavior of small, shy, nocturnal primates like the…

Western Europe has long been held to be the “cradle” of Neandertal evolution since many…

Physicians have found that stem cells derived from heart failure patients’ own bone marrow and…

Just as authors often read numerous books before starting their own, scientists are using decades…

Medicine’s recipe for keeping older people active and functioning in their homes and workplaces —…

NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center flew its Ikhana MQ-9 unmanned aircraft with an Automatic Dependent…

Filmmaker James Cameron descended 35,756 feet (6.77 miles/10.89 km) to reach the “Challenger Deep,” the…

The past decade has been one of unprecedented weather extremes. Scientists now argue that the…

A genetic finding could help explain why influenza becomes a life-threatening disease to some people…

Few molecules are more interesting than DNA—except of course RNA. After two decades of research,…