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The role of selfish genes in distinguishing a speciesCredit: University of Nebraska photos / Rodolfo Villegas Most evolutionary biologists distinguish one species from another based...

Michigan State University social scientists find risk factors leading to sexual violence in first relationships If teen partner rape could be predicted, it could be...

Mouse study illustrates potential efficacy of Tinagl1 proteinCredit: Image courtesy of Yibin Kang et al., Princeton University By simultaneously tackling two mechanisms for cancer's growth,...

(Boston)--During the Stone Age ancestral humans lived with a variety of animal species along what was an area of wetlands in the middle of the...

Credit: Natasha Gownaris The number of single male Magellanic penguins is rising at this breeding colony. Here's why. Like most of their stout-bodied, flippered kin,...

NEW YORK (January 3, 2019)--There are important lessons to be learned from the successes and failures of the AIDS response that could inform our response...

Consumer goods companies and retailers need to be upfront about where palm oil in their products comes from to relieve consumers of the burden of...

January 3, 2019 - An implantable neuroprosthetic device may one day provide a new approach to restoring more natural facial movement in patients with one-sided...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2019 -- Low-dose "baby" aspirin is rarely given to children anymore. Instead, people at risk of a...

Purdue-patented technology shown to have fewer side effects than conventional therapeutics WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Helping people with addictions has become a research passion for...

A meta-analysis in Biological Psychiatry identifies dysfunction of neurocognitive networks across multiple psychiatric disorders Philadelphia, January 3, 2019- Psychiatric disorders share common alterations of functional...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Genetic alterations in low-risk prostate cancer diagnosed by needle biopsy can identify men that harbor higher-risk cancer in their prostate glands, Mayo...

Credit: Jakub D Zarsky Melting ice sheets release tons of methane into the atmosphere, study finds The Greenland Ice Sheet emits tons of methane according...

Credit: Milos Pekny and Marcela Pekna, Physiological Reviews, 2014. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in collaboration with research groups in...

To study gut bacteria, scientists focus much of their attention on excrement, which is teeming with bacteria that used to live in the gastrointestinal tract;...