Record fish die-offs in the Midwest call for a fresh look at how humans are disrupting the planet’s essential water cycle.
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Record fish die-offs in the Midwest call for a fresh look at how humans are disrupting the planet’s essential water cycle.
Viral DNA in mice genomes may lead to cancer in immune-compromised animals.
Biomedical researchers would benefit from emulating the logically rigorous reasoning of the late Alan Turing, British mathematician, computer scientist, and master cryptographer.
Remote sensing helps control an invasive giant weed that threatens ecosystems and border security.
Music videos could be helpful tools for science communication and education, but anti- and pseudoscience activists are also using this medium to spread their views.
Security concerns during the Cold War may have led to the generation of misinformation on the physiological effects of microwave radiation from mobile phones.
Many vaccines are on the market for various serogroups of meningococcal disease, but a solution to provide broad protection against MenB remains elusive.
Professional dialogue between scientists and non-scientists is not easy, but when successful, it can create powerful insights and relationships.
Stem cells collected from younger donors are more effective for transplantation and regenerative medicine than those from older individuals.
The latest news from a long-term study of calorie restriction in rhesus macaques shows better health, but no boost in lifespan, in monkeys who eat less.