For hibernating mammals, the pre-winter months are a race to accumulate enough energy reserves to last until spring. But what about offspring born late in the year? They have less time to store…

Taking the street drug Ecstasy could lead to a potentially fatal weakening and rupture of the spinal cord artery, according to a new paper. Posterior spinal artery aneurysms - a blood-filled swelling…

When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Storm Arthur on July 2 at 2:50 PM EDT on July 2nd, it saw a cloud-covered eye as the storm was on the way to becoming a hurricane.   This visible…

Though strange fads like the blood type diet, going gluten-free or going vegetarian are clearly gimmicks, when your body is in a rut, it helps to change it up a little. Just like exercise, if you do…

The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) was a NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder Project (ESSP) mission designed to make precise, time-dependent global measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2…

A new study has found that kangaroos, commonly viewed as two-legged hoppers, move with a “pentapedal” gait, planting their tails on the ground in combination with their front and hind legs.…

Motörhead concert goers may have to sign a waiver before they buy tickets. If that band were in California, they would have to wear a Proposition 65 warning on their shirts. Why? Because they can…

In Switzerland, 7,000 to 8,000 persons each year fall ill with a campylobacter infection, making it the most frequent bacterial disease transmitted through food. A new study found that meat fondue…

Many traits unique to humans are thought to have originated in the genus Homo between 2.4 and 1.8 million years ago in Africa. What are the evolutionary factors that drove them? A large brain, long…

Researchers have announced the discovery of a gene, zic-1, that enables stem cells to regrow a head after decapitation in flatworm planarians. Many species across the animal kingdom have the ability…

The earthquakes in central Oklahoma since 2009 are likely attributable to subsurface wastewater injection at a handful of disposal wells - Oklahoma earthquakes constitute nearly half of all central…

The reduction of soil carbon stock caused by the conversion of pasture areas into sugarcane plantations is very common change in Brazil in recent years but those worried about the impact on CO2 can…

Acoustic vibrations – sound waves – are produced by radiation pressure inside stars. While physicists have long posited that young stars vibrate differently than older stars, a new study says it is…

PNAS has issued an expression of concern about a study it published where Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of members by controlling their news feed (10.1073/pnas.1320040111). But they…

So the USA lost to Belgium in the World Cup elimination round. I predicted a win for the US for a simple reason - Belgium, I said, does not know how good it is, whereas the US does.  That's…

The FDA released its long-awaited Draft Guidance on hospital-acquired pneumonia recently. Their guidance has not changed since I wrote a blog about my last meeting with the FDA…

A couple of weeks ago I reported here about the new measurement of the Higgs boson mass produced by the ATLAS experiment. That determination, which used the full dataset of Run 1 proton-proton…

You know why soup tastes good - and your dogs love it too. It's bone marrow fat. Now it may be healthier to eat delicious. A study has found that the fat tissue in bone marrow is a significant source…

Portuguese government shuts down half of the research units in the country The Portuguese funding agency for science (Fundação para a Ciência e aTecnologia – FCT) has just announced lthat it will…

Want to send a message to possible invaders? Pile dead bodies high and deep. A new species of wasp does just that. This wasp with a unique nest-building strategy was discovered in the forests of…