Researchers have built a simulation to show how cancerous tumors manipulate blood-vessel growth for their own benefit. Like all cells, those in tumors need access to the body's fine network of blood…

The reported observation of a resonant state of a J/psi meson and a proton in the decay of the Lambda_b baryon by the LHCb collaboration, broadcast by CERN today, is a very intriguing new piece of…

By Rebecca Boyle, Inside Science -- When light bulbs colonize our homes, humans get much less sleep. It's an intuitive idea, but a new study measures this effect in a real-life situation for the…

Even a short period of inactivity can be extremely bad for our bones, and for astronauts facing months in zero gravity, the risks are serious. But there is an animal that has already solved all of…

When you can be arrested for letting your children go to the park alone, we might be a little hyper-vigilant, yet on the other side multiple times per week there is indignation that child protective…

Blind cavefish that have adapted to annual cycles of starvation and binge-eating have mutations in the gene MC4R, the same gene that is mutated in certain obese people with insatiable appetites,…

The CERN Director General Rolf Heuer issued the following statement today, reporting the discovery of exotic pentaquark states by the LHCb collaboration: Geneva, 14 July 2015. Today, the LHCb…

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is making $100 million per year scaring people about food and other science. It isn't helping the public be any safer, it is just making people enjoy food…

They don't directly talk about us, they talk about a guy at a think tank who used to be a staffer for the Council a decade ago, which would be a logical fallacy but I don't want to use big words and…

Artificial turf may be an abomination of sports but is it also dangerous for health in other ways?  Dr. Joe Schwarcz doesn't know it is, but he links together some circumstantial evidence that…

Artificial turf may be an abomination of sports but is it also dangerous for health in other ways?  Dr. Joe Schwarcz doesn't know it is, but he links together some circumstantial evidence that…

Globalized data shows hardliners on all sides losing, and points to emergence of open-minded pro-science, pro-spiritual outlook * THE WORLD IS TURNING ATHEIST, the media tells us. Europe is already…

Globalized data shows hardliners on all sides losing, and points to emergence of open-minded pro-science, pro-spiritual outlook * THE WORLD IS TURNING ATHEIST, the media tells us. Europe is already…

New research finds that high vitamin C concentrations in the blood from the intake of fruit and vegetables are associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and early death. Fruit and…

A study carried out by researchers from Robotics and Cybernetics Research Group (RobCib) at Centre for Automation and Robotics (CAR) has used a drone to measure the temperature, humidity, luminosity…

Researchers have discovered that chromosomes play an active role in animal cell division. This occurs at a precise stage – cytokinesis – when the cell splits into two new daughter cells. It was…

Youth from low-income families who succeed academically and socially may actually pay a price when it comes to their health, because relentlessly pursuing goals can undermine health. To draw their…

When 21-year-old nurse Carol Felstead went to her doctor complaining of repeated headaches, she wasn’t just prescribed painkillers. Instead, she was referred for psychotherapy that would ultimately…

By ridiculing vampires, or assuming they are all like those "Twilight" movies, society is making real vampires afraid to come out of the coffin, according to social workers. Real vampires are…

By Charles Choi, Inside Science -Of all the parts of the nation's infrastructure that one might want least to fail, nuclear power plants might rank the highest. U.S. nuclear power plants are on…