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When it comes to seeking answers to questions about science, evangelical and black Protestants and Mormons are more likely than...

Young leukemia patients who were vaccinated against influenza were just as likely as their unvaccinated peers to develop flu, suggesting...

Credit: Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service J.N. MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Jaws, beware! Alligators may be coming for...

BROOKLYN, New York - Chemical weapons and other toxic agents including pesticides pose a serious health threat worldwide, whether they...

Credit: Courtesy of SUTD/Ye Ai Sound wave enables the sensation of hearing, and is an important way of communicating in...

Credit: University of Plymouth Glioblastoma is the most common of malign brain tumours in adults, and it currently has no...

In eukaryotic cells, the hereditary material DNA is mostly confined to the nucleus whereas the presence of DNA outside of...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Although it's been clear that seizures are linked to memory loss and other cognitive deficits...

Nanopore technology, which is used to sequence DNA, is cheap, hand-held and works in the jungle and in space. The...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 16, 2017--A team of leading European clinicians and scientists presents...

Credit: Ina Anreiter, University of Toronto When it comes to behaviour, researchers have moved beyond the "nature versus nurture" debate....

Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz There was a Europe-wide outcry in the summer of 2017 as it emerged that...

Credit: Jesse Cancelmo HOUSTON -- (Oct. 16, 2017) -- The more than 13 trillion gallons of floodwater from Hurricane Harvey...

(University of Vienna) Women born by Caesarean section are more than twice as likely to develop FDP when giving birth...

Credit: University of Barcelona Surprisingly low concentrations of toxic chemicals - from fungicides to antidepressants - can change the way...

During childhood, the brain goes through critical periods in which its learning ability for specific skills and functions is strongly...

At its autumn session, the Joint Committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) approved the funding of 17...

Whales and dolphins (Cetaceans) live in tightly-knit social groups, have complex relationships, talk to each other and even have regional...

We all know that a poor diet is unhealthy, but a new BYU study finds that stress may just as...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 16, 2017--Researchers have developed a novel reagent capable of detecting...