The combined effects of pesticides and parasites threaten wildlife populations worldwide (e.g. amphibians, honeybees). Pesticides are predicted to exa...
A fruit called the noni -- now hyped for a vast array of unproven health benefits -- is distinctly unhealthy for the fruit fly, which has fascinated g...
In the first large randomized trial to directly compare two approaches to preventing a type of abnormal heart rhythm that is the most common complicat...
A daily dose of vitamin D3 improves heart function in people with chronic heart failure, a five-year University of Leeds research project has found. D...
The sounds you make while chewing have a significant effect on the amount of food you eat, a new study has found. The results suggest that people are ...
Africans possess at least a little bit Neanderthal DNA. But a new map of archaic ancestry--published March 28 in Current Biology--suggests that many b...
New groundbreaking research shows that with improved fishing approaches -- compared to business as usual -- the majority of the world's wild fishe...
Bacteria are the most abundant form of life on Earth, and they are capable of living in diverse habitats ranging from the surface of rocks to the insi...
Tardigrades, also known as moss piglets or water bears, are eight-legged microscopic animals that have long fascinated scientists for their ability to...
Like most annuals, lettuce plants live out their lives in quiet, three-act dramas that follow the seasons. Seed dormancy gives way to germination; the...