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Is it the fresh air, the seafood, or genes? Why do so many hardy 100-year-olds live in yes, Nova Scotia?
Both ginseng and dolphins evoke passionate emotions
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Startling evidence that the human brain can grow new nerves began with unlikely studies of birdsong
Challenged to prove his germ theory of disease, Louis Pasteur shaped the terrain on which the battle against anthrax is being fought
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Everything you wanted to know about stem cells, cloning and genetic engineering but were afraid to ask
Review of GERMS: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War
In a remote corner of eastern China, travelers tread the path of the ancient sage
Once we didn't know how aspirin works; now we know that it does a lot more than ease pain and inflammation
Give Marsha Ogilvie some bones, and she'll tell you the who, what and how . . . and she does it all with her hands
To dissect the din that daily assaults our ears, researchers from the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse are taking to the streets
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Persons with synesthesia experience "extra" sensations. The Letter T may be navy blue; a sound can taste like pickles
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Scientists dream of giving people new genes that will stop a disease or fix a problem. It is harder than anyone thought
By their first birthday, babies are getting locked into the sounds of the language they hear spoken
As deadly bacteria increasingly resist antibiotics, researchers try to improve a World War I era weapon
A new pandemic imperils half the world. Scientists think they know what has to be done, but the disease continues to outsmart them
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At MIT's Laboratory for Human and Machine Haptics, researchers are probing the inner workings of our hands
Raymond Damadian's medical imaging machine set off a revolution but not without controversy
Combine the power of nature, animal companionship and music, and you have a recipe for healing
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