Mind & Body

"Now it's off to the races," botanist Dave Erickson says of a project to barcode 250 species of plant life on Plummers Island.

Cracking the DNA Code

On a small island near Washington, D.C., Smithsonian researchers have found a genetic code that could revolutionize botany

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Hominids' African Origins, 50 Years Later

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Curses! For Medicinal Use Only

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The New Flu? They're On It

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Zicam Reveals Holes in Drug Regulation

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Two Minutes to Understanding the Theory of Evolution

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Drugs' Odd Side Effects

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A Lesson on Brain Adaptability

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The Evolution of the Flu Virus

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Get Some Perspective on Swine Flu

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Playing Pandemic, the Board Game

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Royals Prove Inbreeding Is a Bad Idea

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Video Games Improve Your Vision

Yes, you read that headline right. Video games, specifically first-person shooter games, train your brain and help you see better

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Debunking Dowsing

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Picture of the Week—Optical Illusion

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This is Your Brain…In Cake

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Why Golfers Might Need Earplugs

The golf course would seem to be a quiet and peaceful place, so why did an audiologist recommend that some golfers wear earplugs?

Born with a disease that has robbed her eyesight, Alisha Bacoccini (being examined by surgeon Albert Maguire) is undergoing experimental gene therapy at the University of Pennsylvania. If she weren't legally blind, says the 20-year-old massage therapist, she would want to be a forensic scientist.

Gene Therapy in a New Light

A husband-and-wife team's experimental genetic treatment for blindness is renewing hopes for a controversial field of medicine

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The Language of Drunkenness

How often do you get drunk? Intoxicated? Inebriated? Tanked? Hammered? Wasted? Plastered? Sloshed? Tipsy? Buzzed?

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Food Stuck in Teeth for 8,000 Years Alters View of Early Farming

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