Tiger mom, sure, but don't mess with a walrus either. When a Russian navy landing boat got too close to her calves, a mama walrus sank it for them, CNN reports.   The Russian navy did their best…

Tiger mom, sure, but don't mess with a walrus either. When a Russian navy landing boat got too close to her calves, a mama walrus sank it for them, CNN reports.   The Russian navy did their best…

A new paper looked at farm workers in Hawaii and found that before 1999 some of them had more heart attacks than non-farm workers and concluded the reason must be safe levels of pesticide exposure…

A new study worries that teabags containing plastic come with a dose of micro- and nano-sized plastics. It's in Environmental Science&Technology, ironically published by the American Chemical…

Opposing views on e-cigarettes, witnesses interrupting members of Congress and even a wink. A hearing Tuesday on the epidemic of respiratory injuries linked to vaping was one unusual show. Since the…

Everyone is a mutant but some are prone to diverge more than others. The difference is largely based on two influences. One is the age of a child's parents. A child born to a father who is 35…

At a House hearing on vaping this week, there was one lone advocate for smoking cessation and harm reduction products, a huge decline from a year ago when even I testified at FDA to support a new…

At a House hearing on vaping this week, there was one lone advocate for smoking cessation and harm reduction products, a huge decline from a year ago when even I testified at FDA to support a new…

A recent analysis of Board of Director's political makeup of S&P 1500 firms found that in 276 cases of financial misconduct, those whose members donated to conservative politicians (a reasonable…

You might not think the somber, sacred nature of medieval Catholic rites has much in common with the ornate, secular pomp of Hollywood films, but they do - everything from "Star Wars" to "It's A…

A recent analysis of Board of Director's political makeup of S&P 1500 firms found that in 276 cases of financial misconduct, those whose members donated to conservative politicians (a reasonable…

You might not think the somber, sacred nature of medieval Catholic rites has much in common with the ornate, secular pomp of Hollywood films, but they do - everything from "Star Wars" to "It's A…

Given a choice between eating brown rice or white rice, many people pick brown, citing the clean, natural, brown rice as a way to be healthier while white rice has been marketed as unhealthy because…

Given a choice between eating brown rice or white rice, many people pick brown, citing the clean, natural, brown rice as a way to be healthier while white rice has been marketed as unhealthy because…

Impostor syndrome is where people feel like frauds even if they are actually capable and well-qualified. A new group of interviews finds that impostor syndrome is quite common and uncovers one of the…

If human beings go to Mars, they need food - and that means macaroni and cheese.  Currently, plastic packaging can keep food safe at room temperature for up to twelve months but a new paper in…

Though the $35 billion supplement industry claims to be superior to vaccines and other medicine, the unknown constituents of shady health products could be causing cognitive defects, finds a new…

All five people who watched the Emmy Awards Sunday heard Actress Patricia Arquette claim "the life expectancy of trans women of color is just 35 years old." Which is less than half of all females,…

All five people who watched the Emmy Awards Sunday heard Actress Patricia Arquette claim "the life expectancy of trans women of color is just 35 years old." Which is less than half of all females,…

The number of birds in North America has declined by 3 billion, according to one group's estimate, and New York Times is sounding the alarm over it, like they sound the alarm over everything. But…