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Should the virus get a foothold in southern Florida, containing it might become difficult, if not impossible.
Not a modern-day disease after all.
A male sex hormone could keep our cells young forever.
What better way to top off your meal?
The key to fighting Zika might be as simple as a common flower and some water.
Despite concerns, these clones have lived long and healthy lives.
Just one extra cell type can make a huge difference.
The trial will alter T cells in an attempt to treat lung cancer patients.
Tiny robots might soon replace invasive surgery.
The more the merrier.
A particular pattern in the human brain is connected to higher levels of intelligence.
Believe it or not, there's actual scientific proof backing this advice.
Yet another damaging effect has been found to stem from the progressive form of dementia.
Looks like happy hour isn't just a human thing.
Just like space, the human brain has plenty of uncharted territory.
Blacking out from alcohol is a bit more complicated than you might think.
The discovery highlights how trait functions can change with evolution.
Painkillers in the opium family (most notably morphine) may actually make pain last longer, a new study reports. Morphine treatment after a nerve injury doubled the duration of pain in rats and this is highly worrying. It gets even more disturbing when you consider the addictive potential of many commercial opioids such as OxyContin and Vicodin. If this is […]
Human trials for the vaccine formulation will begin after the current pre-clinical studies are completed.
Healing wounds might become a whole lot easier.
The drug might be a big step forward in the treatment of postpartum depression.
This could allow us to restore vision, mobility or fight diseases like Alzheimer's.
A stingray created from living rat cells blurs the line between technology and nature.
The brain can be fooled that enough nutrients were ingested with a thick drink, despite the drink may contain little to any calories.
Some 40,000 studies need to be re-examined. Ouch.
Unsaturated fats are good for you.
A review of recent speculations that link vaccines and the rise of allergies and autoimmune diseases in the US.
The $2 testing device, about the size of a soda can, does not require electricity or technical expertise to use.
The black shroud above the Rio Olympics looms bigger and darker.
Developing countries stand to lose $177 billion each year or about half a percentage point of GDP due to delays in the physical development of children.
Keep that delicious pasta coming!
The findings might explain the power of the placebo effect.
A team of researchers is revolutionising dental practice.
All you need is a brush and a rubber hand.
Chemists at the Ohio State University developed a paper strip technology that might save countless lives in rural Africa, and elsewhere where patients have poor access to medical services.
Food grown on Mars has been officially declared edible.
There is no link between autism and vaccinations. Yet the science has not persuaded anti-vaxxers.
Imagine what it would be like if cancer was contagious. Well, it is in some species.
Scientists found a strange correlation between hot women and condom usage
Even days after we die, gene expression is still active.
A controversial study that's sure to anger a lot of doctors found many physicians can be influenced to prescribe brand-name medication following free meals offered by the pharmaceutical companies.
Scientists estimate that 43% of Brits now experience chronic pain or around 28 million people.
This could be a game changer for women.
Do your learning, take a break, and then work out.
A color with the appropriately dull name of Pantone 448C has been identified by researchers as the ugliest color in existence.
What would you if you had the power of invisibility? It's possible in virtual reality. The sensations are as real as they get, though.
As if finding happiness wasn't complicated enough, we now have a multi-variable equation.
Aptly called the "Silent Partner", this device exploits the fundamental physics of pressure sound waves to render snoring mute.
It's good news for us, but perhaps not good news for the rodents.
After only three nights of sleeping five hours or less, caffeine stops working.
