DNA represents a dynamic form of information, balancing efficient storage and access requirements. Packaging approximately 1.8m of DNA into something as small as a cell nucleus is no mean feat, but…

Top quarks, the heaviest known elementary particles, were discovered in 1995 by the CDF and DZERO collaborations, when the two Fermilab experiments spotted the decay of  top-antitop pairs…

Thiazide is a popular diuretic for lowering high blood pressure but may not excrete salt as expected in patients with congestive heart failure and or dehydration and should be taken with caution,…

Do you believe that biology is a hoax perpetuated by greedy scientists who are catering to a world view in order to keep their funding rolling in? Statistically you are not a Young Earth Creationist…

With the advent of government-mandated health insurance, there has developed an ongoing national debate about what exactly they can mandate. Can the government force consumers to eat broccoli?  …

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/michael-gerson-the-strange-tensio... Obviously this is a chance for militant atheists - invariably progressive in all ways but tolerance of people outside their…

President Obama is getting credit for one odd thing in a new paper - diminishing American exceptionalism and confidence. America is a lot less egotistical than it used to be. American exceptionalism…

If you are skeptical of nutrition advice in general, or Miracle Vegetable of the Week claims in mainstream media, you have good reason: In a world where the United Nations body on cancer meta-…

Scientists have nearly completed the first map of the mantle under the tectonic plate that is colliding with the Pacific Northwest and putting Seattle, Portland and Vancouver at risk of the largest…

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT engineers have designed magnetic protein nanoparticles that can be used to track cells or to monitor interactions within cells. The particles, described today in Nature…