If anyone still felt CNN was credible before their Boston Bomber coverage two months ago, it was only because they hadn't read their science and health coverage. Sure, all mainstream media loves its…

Our internal circadian clock regulates daily life processes and is synchronized by external cues, the Zeitgeber, with the main cue being the light-dark cycle. But the light-dark cycle effect is…

Glycoproteins are sugar-protein hybrid molecules that the protective mucus that lines our lungs and stomach and are also part of the fluid that lubricates our joints, the synovial fluid, and cover…

Air pollution is related to forest decline and also appears to attack the protecting wax on tree leaves and needles, say scientists who have now discovered a responsible mechanism: particulate matter…

In the fall of 2012, the European Medicines Agency approved the modified adeno-associated virus AAV-LPL S447X as the first ever gene therapy for clinical use in the Western world. AAV-LPL S447X was…

In August of 2011, astronomers witnessed the dazzling appearance of the closest and brightest Type Ia supernova since Type Ia's were established as the "standard candles" for measuring the expansion…

I have had my fair share of confusion and straightening out over the years, mostly something I accept as a challenge (life wouldn't be fun without challenges...) But it struck me as strange when I…

Since February 2013, China experienced an outbreak of the novel H7N9 avian flu, causing 131 cases of infection, and a death toll of 39. This particular H7N9 strain is considered to be one of the most…

GPS is the first and most well known Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). It actually came out of the space race as it's forerunner was created to meet a need to track the first satellites…

For the past the 1,000,000 years the global climate has cycled every 100,000 years, between long glacial periods (with great masses of ice covering the continents in the northern hemisphere) and…

While too much of anything can be bad at any time, a little drinking - 3 to 7 glasses of alcohol a week - does not seem to harm fetal neurodevelopment, according a large study published in the online…

Goals need to be flexible, according to a new paper.  People who set a goal of losing between 2 and 4 pounds will still lose an average of 3 lbs. while a person who targets 3 lbs.…

Long-term cigarette smoking impacts morbidity and mortality, no question about that, but there may be a good reason to stop smoking in the weeks before surgery even if you don't intend to quit…

Scholars have linked higher IQ at early school age to weight gain and increased head size in the first month of a baby's life. The results were determined - as apparently intelligence is -…

LHCb, one of the two "satellite" experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, is a detector focusing on the production of B hadrons in proton-proton collisions. It does so by looking at only one side of…

Fibromyalgia is a blanket term for a general painful condition that affects approximately 10 million people in the United States. Because it lacks consistent symptoms and treatments, some doctors…

The clear star of this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago was  the antibody approach to Programmed Death (PD-1) for solid tumors. Responses are greater than…

Electric Batteries - by A. Volta In this article I present my translation of Alessandro (Alexander) Volta's original French paper, which I published as -Batteries électriques - By A. Volta Volta's…

Batteries électriques - by Alexander VoltaIn 1800 the Royal Society published Alexander Volta's description of how he built his batteries. It is not widely known that Volta invented both the 'wet'…

Sustainability programs are not just about advocation and action - a lot of thought also goes into how many people working together can change the world. It doesn't matter what issue, conservation…