Scientists have linked an overactive response by one of the immune system's key weapons against infection, natural killer (NK) cells, to the onset of biliary atresia in infants, a disease where…

This is an oft mentioned safety rule that one should employ when driving to ensure an adequate distance is maintained with the vehicle in front of you. When conditions are wet or icy, the rule has…

Let’s examine the demand side of the equation a bit more and explore the impact that credit has on an economy. There is no question that credit can provide a smoother flow of money through an…

I assume all of you know this but, if not, here is the blurb I keep getting from the kind marketing folks at Science. The upside: $25,000 The catch: The topic is limited to molecular biology.  …

Apollomania is sweeping the nation!  Well, not quite mania, perhaps just Apollostalgia.  That's defined as showing an interest in the Apollo program history, while lacking the will to…

New genetic research in BMC Evolutionary Biology found telltale mutations in modern-day Indian populations that are exclusively shared by Aborigines.  The new study indicates that Australian…

Four individual raindrops hitting their highest peaks could easily end up thousands of miles apart, one flowing north to the Beaufort Sea, another reaching the the Gulf of Mexico, a third…

Plant fossils from the Okanagan highlands, an area centred in the Interior of British Columbia, provide important clues to an ancient climate.While the area is referred to as the Okanagan,…

Hornby, one of the northern Gulf Islands on the west coast of British Columbia, has some of the best preserved fossil specimens of the Pacific Northwest. Many species of ammonites, …

HAIFA, Israel, July 21 -- - Chip PC New, Expandable Windows Embedded Standard 2009(R) Platform Features Active-Directory-Based Management and Tight Security HAIFA, Israel, July 21 -- Chip PC…