Using rats as model subjects, scientists have found that adolescents were at an increased risk of suffering negative health effects from sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. Adolescent rats that…

Emphasizing weight in health definitions could be harmful to patients, finds an article in the Journal of Obesity.  Dr. Rachel Calogero of the School of Psychology at the University of Kent and…

It's not a movie about zombies, but it's a Halloween nightmare - at night while we sleep unaware, something deadly grows and spreads quickly. In a surprise finding, Weizmann Institute of…

A microRNA molecule has been tagged as a surprisingly crucial player in managing cell survival and growth. The findings underscore the emerging recognition that non-coding RNAs – small molecules that…

was the title of a history book I had as a boy.  Good things, in their way — without them, I wouldn’t be able to sit here talking to you all and meeting some very interesting people online.…

There are lots of distance runners in the United States, there is no real gender gap about participation. But there is when it comes to competition, the difference is there. A new paper in…

In the past, researchers have primarily used the genetic history of mothers to understand evolution in animals, but a new study has investigated ancestry across the red fox genome, including the Y…

We all have the legal right to refuse health care. Credit: Warren Goldswain By Margaret Brown, University of South Australia Have you thought about how you would want to be treated if you cannot make…

By Jon Entine, Genetic Literacy Project Visit almost any anti-GMO website and you will find alarming headlines about the alleged dangers of GMO foods. They kill pigs, cows and sheep on farms and in…

Sparkling Violetear.Image courtesy of Paul Martin By Katharine Gammon, Inside Science (Inside Science) – Most of the time, for an individual animal, the bigger you are, the more likely you are to…