AstraZeneca has probably the best antibiotic pipeline in the industry.  It's also a business they no longer want to be in. Their departure would follow on the heels of Pfizer exiting that…

Pornography triggers brain activity in people with compulsive sexual behavior – sex addiction – similar to that triggered by drugs in the brains of drug addicts, according to new paper.  Some…

One of the original four pillars of the original Science 2.0 concept was modernizing publication of research. Open access, I have always said, is an important first step. First step? Isn't the…

One of your earliest science memories in school is learning that, during photosynthesis, plants take in carbon dioxide sunshine and produce oxygen. Later we all learned that in lakes and oceans…

Imagine getting this text message when you are at the pub tonight: "Looking forward to seeing you at 2 AM - General Hospital". Creepy, but it may work.  Young adults who screened positive for a…

In the process of revising a chapter of my book, I found a clip I would like to share here, as it contains an analogy I cooked up and which I find nice enough to be proud of. Well, two analogies, as…

While almost everyone agrees that the American health system was not perfect - high quality, but some could not afford it - the solution may not have been more government spending, since government…

By identifying the molecular structure of a vital biological chemical, researchers may have solved a long-standing debate.  The controversy is about a form of enzyme called a heme (or haem, as…

There is a subset of academia that contends it lacks diversity. They have a point. While at the undergraduate levels there are lots of handicapped people, minorities, women and even Republicans, by…

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Scientists have identified a protein that is essential to the survival of E. coli bacteria, and consider the protein a potential new target for antibiotics. In the study, the…