A national survey of students in U.S. middle schools and high schools shows some important improvements in levels of substance use. The University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future study…

By Josh Bloom and Henry Miller The development of new drugs is among the riskiest of business ventures. It now takes 10-15 years for a pharmaceutical company to get a new drug approved, and on…

A 21st century gold rush has led to a significant increase of deforestation in the tropical forests of South America. Researchers from the University of Puerto Rico have shown that between 2001 and…

Bisexual women are more likely to experience poor mental health and mental distress than lesbians, according to new data gleaned from the 2007 Stonewall UK Women's Health Survey. Researchers from the…

Tony Angelotti stunt doubling Johnny Depp in the first ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movie. Image credit: Courtesy of Tony Angelotti By: Emilie Lorditch, Inside Science  (Inside Science) --…

It's not new that dwellers and cities are a little less hearty than rural cousins. There is even a hygiene hypothesis that says kids in the country get dirtier to their benefit and that wealthy,…

With organic food a $105 billion industry juggernaut, various groups are looking to don that health halo. Even frozen food. If you don't think food can be "fresh" and "healthy" while still being…

One was about 17 Westerners being killed and one was about 2,000 Africans. Guess which got most of the media attention? Kano, Nigeria Stringer/Reuters. By Ethan Zuckerman, Massachusetts Institute of…

According to Roscosmos an ammonia leak in the US section of the International Space Station has necessitated the evacuation of that section of the station.  From what I have read this…

Prices of gas are approaching $2 a gallon. Does that make it a good time to raise the gas tax? Kevin Lamarque/Reuters By Wallace Tyner, Purdue University It is well known that the US has a major…