In the U.S. in the early 1960s the distributor of a thalidomide drug was impatient to get it on the market. But FDA medical ...
Three scientists are honored for developing a class of blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Is a Nobel prize on the way?
Some researchers dream of solving all mysteries with a common methodâbut a mathematical paradox may keep such solutions out ...
In online forums the term âcuckâ has become synonymous with âsuckerâ and âloser.â But this use distorts its history and ...
A long-awaited calculation of the W bosonâs mass agrees with theory, contradicting a previous anomaly that had raised the ...
Mathâs âbest-choice problemâ could help humans become better decision-makers, at everything from choosing the best job ...
Brooke Scelza is a professor at the University of California, Los Angelesâs department of anthropology. She is co-director of the Kunene Rural Health and Demography Project, where she studies ...
A strange sound dubbed âbiotwangâ was first heard bouncing around the Mariana Trench 10 years ago, and scientists have ...
Growing awareness of how addiction and trauma are intertwined has birthed a new generation of treatment strategies.
Neuroscientists at the University of Barcelona set about on a search for brain areas involved in chess-related tasks so that ...
On opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Central Europe and North Carolina have both been drenched by torrential rains ...
Even for serious bird-watchers, Black-capped Chickadees and Carolina Chickadees are tough to tell apart. Both are members of ...