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APR 21, 2015Earth & The Environment
Take heart, science readers: one study shows science news makes a difference in at least some classic culture war conver ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 20, 2015Microbiology
A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to labor ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 20, 2015Microbiology
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of a South American tribe that never before had ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 20, 2015Space & Astronomy
This concept for a heavy, pressurized lunar rover from 1990 was designed to enable up to four crew to rove f ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
This editorial by Nicolas Kristoff in the Sunday NY Times sheds light on animal intelligence--and human innovation.
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 17, 2015Neuroscience
Learning, it is widely believed, is based on changes in the connections between nerve cells. Knowing which nerve cells a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of South American tribespeople who never before ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 17, 2015Space & Astronomy
You've probably heard of the Orion space capsule. It's part of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or (MPCV), NASA's next man ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 16, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Perhaps researchers should adopt power poses to help them sort out the truth behind the transformative power of standing ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservation ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a small study, Johns Hopkins researchers found that DNA from the sperm of men whose children had early signs of autis ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 14, 2015Space & Astronomy
You may have heard recently that NASA has been planning a mission to land on an asteroid, capture a bolder, and put it i ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 14, 2015Cancer
Cancer researchers from the University of Zurich have identified a key signaling pathway in B-cell lymphoma, a malignant ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 13, 2015Cancer
A new study by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology could hold a key to control cancer cell growth ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 13, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The Science
Some wild microorganisms, found in nature and not grown in the laboratory, reinterpret the instructions ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 10, 2015Health & Medicine
A pilot study with the shamanic brew hints at its therapeutic potential
An recent article in Scientific Ameri ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 09, 2015Space & Astronomy
Looking for life
Hunting for evidence of alien life is a much trickier proposition than identifyi ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 07, 2015Cancer
Cancer cells often break free from their original locations and circulate through the bloodstream, allowing them to form ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Health & Medicine
University of Montana researchers have good news for endurance athletes hankering for a burger and fries after an intens ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 07, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Bodies found in a 200 year-old Hungarian crypt have revealed secrets of how tuberculosis (TB) took hold in 18th century ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 07, 2015Cancer
Biopharmaceutical firm Berg is joining forces with two prominent Harvard-affiliated medical research institutions, the P ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 06, 2015Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
Two-tone mineral veins at a site NASA's Curiosity rover has reached by climbing a layered Martian mountain offer clues a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 21, 2015Earth & The Environment
Take heart, science readers: one study shows science news makes a difference in at least some classic culture war conver ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 20, 2015Microbiology
A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to labor ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 20, 2015Microbiology
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of a South American tribe that never before had ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 20, 2015Space & Astronomy
This concept for a heavy, pressurized lunar rover from 1990 was designed to enable up to four crew to rove f ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
This editorial by Nicolas Kristoff in the Sunday NY Times sheds light on animal intelligence--and human innovation.
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 17, 2015Neuroscience
Learning, it is widely believed, is based on changes in the connections between nerve cells. Knowing which nerve cells a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of South American tribespeople who never before ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 17, 2015Space & Astronomy
You've probably heard of the Orion space capsule. It's part of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or (MPCV), NASA's next man ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 16, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Perhaps researchers should adopt power poses to help them sort out the truth behind the transformative power of standing ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservation ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a small study, Johns Hopkins researchers found that DNA from the sperm of men whose children had early signs of autis ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 14, 2015Space & Astronomy
You may have heard recently that NASA has been planning a mission to land on an asteroid, capture a bolder, and put it i ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 14, 2015Cancer
Cancer researchers from the University of Zurich have identified a key signaling pathway in B-cell lymphoma, a malignant ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 13, 2015Cancer
A new study by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology could hold a key to control cancer cell growth ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 13, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The Science
Some wild microorganisms, found in nature and not grown in the laboratory, reinterpret the instructions ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 10, 2015Health & Medicine
A pilot study with the shamanic brew hints at its therapeutic potential
An recent article in Scientific Ameri ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 09, 2015Space & Astronomy
Looking for life
Hunting for evidence of alien life is a much trickier proposition than identifyi ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 07, 2015Cancer
Cancer cells often break free from their original locations and circulate through the bloodstream, allowing them to form ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Health & Medicine
University of Montana researchers have good news for endurance athletes hankering for a burger and fries after an intens ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 07, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Bodies found in a 200 year-old Hungarian crypt have revealed secrets of how tuberculosis (TB) took hold in 18th century ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 07, 2015Cancer
Biopharmaceutical firm Berg is joining forces with two prominent Harvard-affiliated medical research institutions, the P ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 06, 2015Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
Two-tone mineral veins at a site NASA's Curiosity rover has reached by climbing a layered Martian mountain offer clues a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
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