A small insect-eating animal is the common ancestor of whales, elephants, dogs, and humans.
A small insect-eating animal is the common ancestor of whales, elephants, dogs, and humans.
Scientists have identified the sticky substance that is damaging the feathers of hundreds seabirds washed ashore in England as an additive for lubricant oils.
Protein aggregates in the brains of some people with dementia or motor neuron disease have a surprising origin.
New amphibian species are being discovered at an exciting rate, yet they are also the vertebrates most at risk of extinction.
Tuberculosis bacteria find shelter from drugs and the body’s defenses in bone marrow stem cells.
One of the most advanced tuberculosis vaccines has failed to protect infants from getting the disease in a clinical trial, but it may be effective in adults.
Using a SMART card containing your genetic information and medical history, you could one day soon be diagnosed and treated for all kinds of diseases at an ATM-style kiosk.
A company offering experimental stem-cell treatments will carry out its procedures in Mexico after the FDA warned that it would need approval to operate in the U.S.
As cholera first tore through the Europe in the mid-19th century, people tried anything to prevent the deadly disease. Then science stepped in.