NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover, also known as "Oppy", is continuing its traverse southward on the western rim of Endeavour Crater despite computer resets and "amnesia" that have occurred after…

Binge drinking in young, healthy adults significantly disrupts the immune system, according to a new epidemiology paper. Depending on their weight, study participants drank four or five shots of…

An increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could initiate a chain reaction between plants and microorganisms that would unsettle one of the largest carbon reservoirs we have; soil. Citing a new…

They should have stuck to white wine. By Laurence Totelin, Cardiff University Slightly over-indulged in wine this festive season? Suffering from throbbing headache, dry mouth, and nausea after the…

Drawn directly from the flesh Public Domain Review/Flickr, CC BY-SA By Richard Gunderman, Indiana University-Purdue University December 31, 2014 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of one of the…

Let 'er rip! Simon James, CC BY-SA By Siobhan Weare, Lancaster University Every year thousands of new laws are introduced. Some of these are well publicized and debated, such as the recent changes to…

A pleasant or disgusting odor is not always just a preference, in some cases an organism's survival depends on it. Odors can provide important information about food sources, oviposition sites or…

Recent results released by the National Institute on Drug Abuse finds that use of cigarettes, alcohol, and abuse of prescription pain relievers among teens declined from 2013 while marijuana use…

2014: the year crystallography went mainstream. CSIRO, CC BY-SA By Mark Lorch, University of Hull ’Tis the season for listicles rounding up the stories of the year. So with, the authority vested in…

Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome is a genetic condition in children that is characterized by dramatic, rapid appearance of aging. Affected children typically look normal at birth and in early…