Science & Health

The best medicine

These New York University nurses are taking laughing therapy seriously.

Posted: 31 days ago

Supermarket consumer reports shouldn't be taken with grain of salt

The latest Consumer Reports shows unexpected high levels of sodium in some sneaky snacks.

Posted: 31 days ago

Beneath the surface

Experts question the use of early nanotechnology in skin beauty products.

Posted: 31 days ago

Study sheds light on 16th century supernova

New results published in journal, Nature, confirms 16th century scientist Tycho Brahe’s observation was a white dwarf star with a nearby star.

Posted: 31 days ago

A symbiotic relationship with a sappy ending

How tiny insects survive primarily off plant sap, with a little help from self-produced amino acids.

Posted: 31 days ago

Parents shiver at the thought of discarding unused embryos

After in-vitro fertilization, new parents are too torn to discard the unused embryos, and end up freezing them instead.

Posted: 31 days ago

Testing drugs in the real world

More often, the medical community is testing drugs in the real world on real patients.

Posted: 43 days ago

Robot maids still a dream

Robots are getting more advanced, but science fact just can’t match up to science fiction.

Posted: 43 days ago

Non-native on Galápagos? Think again

Scientists are discovering new evidence that plants they thought were non-native to the Galápagos Islands actually are native.

Posted: 43 days ago

14-year-old co-authors paper on rare bird

Spencer Hardy, 14, and his father, Douglas Hardy, documented a rare bird species that nests on the ice of a glacier.

Posted: 52 days ago