Obesity is big business and as a result, so are bariatric surgeries. They are a popular fail safe for people who believe they lack the mental resolve to eat less but is it really the most cost…

Scholars from Tufts University, Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital are calling for the implementation of taxes and subsidies to improve dietary quality in the United States.…

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields used to be considered the domain of white men, especially in academia, and that has changed, but universities are criticized because of…

There is a sure-fire way to lose weight; if you eat two cheeseburgers at McDonald's, eat one.  You don't need to read any books, slow cook, give up gluten, give up dairy, fats, carbs or booze;…

Here are four things I did not expect to happen to me on Wednesday August 13:  1) Waking up next to Scarlett Johansson 2) Bowling 300 with an Ikea bag over my head 3) Finding a bassoon…

By Patrik Jones, Imperial College London Converting renewable energy into electricity is one thing; converting it into fuel is quite another. The vast majority of global energy demand is for fuel,…

Jennifer Lawrence at the 83rd Academy Awards. CC BY-SA 2.0 By Emma Rees, University of Chester Autonomy is patriarchy’s supreme foe. It suggests self-determination, power, and control, and the…

Researchers have engineered the bacteria E. coli to generate renewable propane, which would open a path to a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels. Propane is an appealing source of cleaner fuel…

Though to Western women, Muslim women in the Mid-East and Asia seem oppressed because they have no choice in wearing a hijab, the Islamic head- and body-cover common in Muslim culture, studies have…

It has generally been believed that more attractive men had better semen quality. Male facial attractiveness has been considered an important predictor of female mating preferences because of genetic…

Bamboo can also be a tasty snack. Credit: Chris Ison/PA By Dirk Hebel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Bamboo, a common grass which can be harder to pull apart than steel, has the…

It's the home stretch of the professional baseball season and that means players are more likely to be tired or sustain an injury. New research suggests that a stronger core might help. In the study,…

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Human breast milk is nutrition for infants but it also contains a large number of bacterial species, including some opportunistic pathogens of humans.  The existence of milk microbiome is…

A simple solution to a persistent problem. Credit: Ashok A. Kumar By Ashok A. Kumar, Harvard University Every year, 300,000 children are born with sickle-cell disease, primarily in Africa and India.…

Did you know that “nearly three-quarters of adult lesbians overweight or obese,” and that gay males are not? I confess I didn't, though it may be because, outside a relative, I am not sure I know any…

Did you know that “nearly three-quarters of adult lesbians overweight or obese,” and that gay males are not? I confess I didn't, though it may be because, outside a relative, I am not sure I know any…

 Reperfusion injury prevention isn't possible just yet. The administration of an experimental agent known as TRO40303 to patients who have had a heart attack, with the hope of preventing…

Why would anyone bake bread and then turn around and toast it? I lived in a Pennsylvania house heated by wood. The idea of using our manual labor, in the form of wood, to toast bread was silly - but…

Given the recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and the highly charged claims of racism, it is no surprise that a Washington State University study of deadly force found that there is bias when it…