There are lots of distance runners in the United States, there is no real gender gap about participation. But there is when it comes to competition, the difference is there. A new paper in…

In the past, researchers have primarily used the genetic history of mothers to understand evolution in animals, but a new study has investigated ancestry across the red fox genome, including the Y…

We all have the legal right to refuse health care. Credit: Warren Goldswain By Margaret Brown, University of South Australia Have you thought about how you would want to be treated if you cannot make…

By Jon Entine, Genetic Literacy Project Visit almost any anti-GMO website and you will find alarming headlines about the alleged dangers of GMO foods. They kill pigs, cows and sheep on farms and in…

Sparkling Violetear.Image courtesy of Paul Martin By Katharine Gammon, Inside Science (Inside Science) – Most of the time, for an individual animal, the bigger you are, the more likely you are to…

Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura have been award the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving…

I have just downloaded a paper featuring some research from the University of Durham and our own School of Biological Sciences here at Reading: Rapid Evolution of the Cerebellum in Humans and Other…

Sodium is back in the health concern cycle and an analysis of data in the federal nationwide dietary intake survey known as "What We Eat in America NHANES 2009-2010," has led a team of…

Certain foods can help your brain retain information. Credit: Shutterstock By Tanya Lawlis, University of Canberra Exam time is quickly approaching for high school and university students. While…

No one is seriously expecting to overturn Einstein's idea of time dilation, and instead the goal is often to find the possible limits. That means looking for deviations in experiments with…

Seven Swedish women have had embryos reintroduced after receiving wombs from living donors and now one has delivered a healthy and normally developed boy, reveals the case study in The Lancet. The…

"Fermilab has very actively tried to scoop us by press release, even though their uncertainties are under serious challenge and they knew our measurements even before they released theirs." Michael…

What role do genes have to play in children's exam results? Student test by  wavebreakmedia /Shutterstock By Eva Krapohl, King's College London and Kaili Rimfeld, King's College London The idea…

Dr. Steve McKnight is President of the American Society For Biochemistry And Molecular Biology and chairman of the biochemistry department at the University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center at…

John O'Keefe , left, and Edvard and May-Britt Moser. Credits: David Bishop, UCL and NTNU By Luc Henry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…

Just before totality on a total lunar eclipse. Credit: Flickr/John Johnson, CC BY-NC-SA By Tanya Hill, Museum Victoria At least twice a year, Earth comes between the sun and the moon. The result is a…

In last month’s review of Preparing the Ghost, I mentioned that you can actually learn facts from some fiction. Below is one such novel, crammed with science. As author Ryan Lockwood wrote in an…

Cerebral palsy is the most common motor disability in childhood, afflicting between between 1 and 4 per 1,000 kids born worldwide. It's more common among boys than girls and only about half of…

Researchers are investigating a possible association between breast implants and a form of lymphoma that may develop tumors at a later stage. The researchers conclude that breast implants can cause a…

Clinicians are just like anyone else. As the days goes on, they wear down a little. Numerous patient care decisions each day, and the cumulative demand of those decisions, take their toll. In primary…