2014RC is a 60 meter wide asteroid detected at the last possible minute.  This small asteroid will not hit Earth.  What about the ones like it that eventually will?   I ask that…

The critical links between water, sanitation, and our global consumption of energy – the “energy-water nexus” are more obvious than ever before. But how many of us will take direct action at the most…

Blood may look like blood but it doesn't always behave like blood.  The longer blood is stored, the less it can carry oxygen into the tiny microcapillaries of the body, says a new study that…

If you enjoy a sweet, fleshy peach today, give some thanks to scientifically minded, free-market farmers in China 7,500 years ago. A new analysis has found that the domestic peaches popular worldwide…

The Obama administration opened up a new front in the culture wars by creating a stunning social media campaign to get out the vote, and they have leveraged new media since; only one internal…

A new blood test could allow doctors to predict which ovarian cancer patients will respond to particular types of treatment. The test could be developed and used in hospitals within the next few…

A gene patent means only the patent-holder has the right to undertake research and development involving that gene.Credit: Shutterstock By Rodney Scott, University of Newcastle The Federal Court’s…

The NSA is not allowed to gather intel on US citizens (at least not without a FISA court order), but there is an obscure Reagan era loophole--Executive Order 12333, or Twelve Triple Three--that…

The hijab isn't a symbol of oppression for many women. Credit: diegofornero, CC BY-NC-SA By Pina Sadar, Durham University Terrorism, oppression, fundamentalism and victimhood are only a few of the…

Finland is the country to beat. Kimmo Brandt/EPA By Daniel Muijs, University of Southampton There has been a recent explosion of interest in the effectiveness of education systems around the world,…

If Americans adopted the recommendations the USDA's "Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010," diet-related greenhouse gas emissions would increase 12 percent, according to scholars, and if…

Millions of Americans are thought to experience mental illness in a given year, and the impacts of mental illness are undoubtedly felt by millions more in the form of family members, friends, and…

Dengue is a serious illness diminished in importance in much of the developed world. Some efforts evolve around genetic modification while other efforts work on a vaccine. It's not to cause alarm,…

Researchers say that magma columns in the Earth's interior can cause continental breakup – under the right circumstances. In some parts of the Earth, material rises upwards like a column from the…

Postmenopausal women who eat foods higher in potassium, like bananas, are less likely to have strokes and die than women who eat less potassium-rich foods, according to new research in Stroke. Yet…

Supplements are more likely than medications to lead to death or liver transplantation, according to a new paper in Hepatology. The new research shows that liver injury caused by herbals and…

Unless you are part of the 1 percent with your stock portfolio climbing, you are probably not an American who factors your experience into which price you pay these days.  A common belief is…

A recently published World Health Organization (WHO)-commissioned review of evidence on e-cigarettes contains serious errors, misinterpretations and misrepresentations, which may lead to policy-…

In 1986, an expedition off the South-East coast of Australia near Tasmania, from depths of between 400 and 1,000 metres, brought up some jelly-like creatures, which were seen to be unusual and…

One of the common misconceptions about climate, brought about by the blight of 'framing' that afflicted science media in the last decade, is that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, solar…