Medicine
Dog Paralysis Reversed With Cells From Pooch’s Nose
Good news for partially paralyzed pooches (and maybe someday, humans): scientists can now reverse that affliction by injecting dogs with cells grown from the lining of their nose
November 20, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Fish on Prozac Are Violent And Obsessive
Prozac is seeping out of sewage treatment plants and into rivers and lakes, turning male minnows into female murderers
November 20, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Reality Check: Does Oxytocin Keep Committed Men Away from Other Women?
The latest oxytocin study says the hormone makes committed men stay faithful, but some skeptics cry foul
November 16, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Is Your Syndrome Named After a Nazi?
Many are probably unaware that their condition has a Nazi's name attached to it
November 16, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
Chronic Lyme Disease Is Probably Not a Real Thing
New bouts of Lyme disease stem from new infections, not relapses
November 15, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
What Will Convince People That Genetically Modified Foods Are Okay?
In California, a loss for labeling GM foods has both sides wondering when people wil stop shouting and start thinking
November 15, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
Have Bedbugs Been Vanquished At Last?
Bedbugs have terrorized cities long enough, and now a human drug might stop them in their tracks
November 15, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
Lice Evolution Tracks the Invention of Clothes
The evolution of body lice shows that humans began wearing clothes between 50,000 to 200,000 years ago
November 14, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Man in a Vegetative State ‘Talks’ to His Doctors
Using "yes" or "no" questions, researchers ask a vegetative man if he is in pain
November 14, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
A Flourishing Microbial Community Dwells Within Your Belly Button
A team of researchers dug into 60 different people's belly buttons and found bacterial diversity and microbial mystery
November 12, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Identical Twins Aren’t So Identical – Which Makes Twin Studies Harder
As twins grow and develop, each will acquire his or her own set of mutations - which could throw a wrench into twin studies
November 12, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
Blind Humans Can Learn To Sense Like a Rat With Whiskers
Finger-censor "whiskers" could someday help blind people sense surrounding objects like a rodent
November 08, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Blind Mole Rats’ Cells Self-Destruct Before They Can Turn Cancerous
Researchers tease out the secret behind blind mole rats' resistance to cancer
November 08, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
A Conservative Estimate For Dengue Fever Infections in India: 37 Million Each Year
Dengue fever is become more common worldwide, and India has been particularly hard hit
November 07, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Art as Therapy: How to Age Creatively
A new exhibition at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., showcases the work of elderly artists with memory loss and other chronic conditions
November 07, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
What Can We Learn From the Porn Industry About HIV?
Before getting naked and having sex in front of a camera, porn stars have to go through three checks - all for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases
November 06, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
The Hunt for Ebola
A CDC team races to Uganda just days after an outbreak of the killer virus to try to pinpoint exactly how it is transmitted to humans
November 2012 |
By Joshua Hammer
If You Eat Too Much Silver, Your Skin Acts Like a Black-and-White Photo
A complex chemical reaction is responsible for argyria, the condition in which a person turns a deep shade of blue
October 31, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
In Sandy’s Wake, Watch Out for Pollution
Potentially contaminated water pooled in the streets could be a health risk
October 31, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Nikon Announces the Winners of its “Small World” Competition
See a selection of beautiful images captured by scientists gazing through light microscopes
October 29, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
