A reduced risk of cervical lesions among Danish girls and women at the population level is associated with use of a quadrivalent HPV vaccine after only six years, according to a new study published…

The synthetic chemicals used in the packaging, storage, and processing of foodstuffs might be harmful to human health over the long term, warn environmental scientists in a commentary in the Journal…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Out of an effort to account for what seemed in airborne images to be unusually large tree growth in a Hawaiian forest, scientists at Brown University and the…

Our brains may not be optimized for recalling things we hear, the way we are good at remembering things we see or touch. Psychologists doing a study of over 100 University of Iowa college…

In the early part of the 13th (XIII) century, Europe was still using Roman numerals. You can imagine what that did to advance math education. Fibonacci is famous for the number sequence that bears…

In the early part of the 13th (XIII) century, Europe was still using Roman numerals. You can imagine what that did to advance math education. Fibonacci is famous for the number sequence that bears…

By growing “mini-livers” from adult mouse stem cells, the road may be paved to replacing, reducing or refining the use of animals in science. Dr. Meritxell Huch from the Gurdon Institute at Cambridge…

If climate change sends us all back to the Stone Age, we wouldn't be the first culture. Or at least to the Bronze Age. It used to be that changes in climate were simply history, now they are an…

Canada has gotten a bizarre sort of entrepreneurial in the last decade. With Toronto mayor Rob Ford making headlines and a booming ecstasy industry, they have become a party destination.  And…

Numerous studies have concluded that children who were breastfed score higher on IQ tests and perform better in school. Why would that be? Is it the mother-baby bonding time, something in breast…

Once a month, millions of women change their economic behavior and become more focused on their social standing relative to other women, says a paper written by scholars from The University of Texas…

How would you do homework at night if you don't have electricity?  As much as one fifth of the world may not have regular access to electricity but 16-year-old Ann Makosinski of Victoria,…

How would you do homework at night if you don't have electricity?  As much as one fifth of the world may not have regular access to electricity but 16-year-old Ann Makosinski of Victoria,…

The Smithsonian's Submillimeter Array (SMA) telescope has providec the most detailed view yet of stellar nurseries within the Snake nebula and what they found lends new insight into how cosmic seeds…

Wind farms are not very good. Yes, politicians embrace them because the unions advocating them donate heavily to campaigns, and environmentalists advocate them because they always advocate something…

The eggs produced by adolescent girls are not the same as the ones produced by adult women, according to a recent study in Human Molecular Genetics, which lists evidence that there are two completely…

If a name is ambiguous and given without context, humans struggle to understand the meaning, so you can imagine the struggle computers have.  When Germans read the last name "Merkel" without…

Perl or Python? It used to be that you could learn as much about a computer programmer asking that question about scripting languages preferences as I could learn by asking a racing fan if they liked…

Perl or Python? It used to be that you could learn as much about a computer programmer asking that question about scripting languages preferences as I could learn by asking a racing fan if they liked…

Human exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) has recently been linked to negative health claims, like a decline in reproductive function in adults and stunted neurodevelopment in children, and so people…