Month: January 2014

A newly discovered system of two white dwarf stars and a superdense pulsar — all…

Scientists have reproduced the conditions inside the magma chamber of a supervolcano to understand what…

The Western diet probably has more to do with the asthma epidemic than has been…

The benefit that premature infants gain from skin-to-skin contact with their mothers is measurable even…

A Norwegian, satellite-based system aims to ensure that helicopters and light aircraft are prevented from…

Last year’s gigantic landslide at a Utah copper mine probably was the biggest nonvolcanic slide…

As the United States marks the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty this month,…

As winter approaches, many of us hunker down and virtually “hibernate” for the season. Classic…

Researchers have compiled statistics from 44 countries to develop the first database of the world’s…

A study released today shows there is no evidence that the risk of suicide differs…