Month: September 2013

A genetic study has identified a biological process that influences whether we are right-handed or…

Our current pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which are projected to set the global…

Forget talking to plants to help them grow, gently rubbing them with your fingers can…

A new study finds that 28 percent of U.S. high school seniors have driven after…

Getting a second urine sample and blood pressure measure as patients head out of the…

They call it the “white plague,” and like its black counterpart from the Middle Ages,…

Women are more likely than men to disapprove of — and less likely to participate…

Warm ocean water, not warm air, is melting the Pine Island Glacier’s floating ice shelf…

Even though sewage treatment plants are not designed to remove tiny amounts of pesticides, they…

Previously believed to be only human-made, a natural example of a functioning gear mechanism has…