In the 'we must do something even if it does not work' department, it isn't always permanent; vapor recovery mandates for new gas stations in Pennsylvania are quietly dying. The Department of…

DNA sequencing is getting faster and cheaper, but it's still pretty scary to patients who don't understand the difference between a risk factor and 'I have a gene for this disease' - doctors are also…

Mount Tamalpais in Marin County is public land that has redwood groves and oak woodlands and a spectacular view from a 2571-foot peak. It also has a problem that isn't going to go away.  Until…

When we think about agriculture, technology and the future there is one apparent truth—we will need to produce more with less.  We are going to need to produce more food,with higher quality,…

Modern feminists pooh-pooh their ancestors and assume because they didn't dress in bulky pantsuits, women were somehow meek and timid. Not at all. A three-year study of the manuscripts compiled…

Snake Pliskin, the anti-hero of "Escape From New York", didn't get that name because of his armor, but one day there could be a lot of snake-like soldiers running around. Soldiers, and certainly…

Everyone talks about punches to the brain but not as much research goes into the neuroscience of sports punishment delivery systems.' Researchers from Imperial College London and University College…

There’s a band of people in the northwest hills of Italy who are fishing for the big one in the sky. They’re not a religious sect trawling for a deity. They’re part of a Turin-based startup called…

The word ‘Nerd’ is thought to have originated in the US in the early 1950s – but it took three full decades before a comprehensive academic paper describing ‘Nerdism’ appeared. As the authors of the…

A joint study conducted by researchers from the University of L'Aquila in Italy and Mars, Incorporated says that the regular consumption of dietary cocoa flavanols may improve cognitive function in…