Autism may be caused by mutations in genes inherited from fathers, according to three new studies.
Even though science allows us to peer into galaxies hundreds of millions of miles away and tear atoms apart to look for clues about the origin of the universe, there are still lots of unanswered questions closer to home. Weighty questions such as: why do insects cross their legs when they die? Here, some entomologists speculate on the answer.
Dr. Leila Denmark, a doctor that practiced medicine for 73 years, passed away at the age of 114. Dr. Denmark only stopped treating patients 11 years ago at the age of 103. On Sunday the doctor died at her daughter's home in Athens, Ga., of natural causes. She was the world's fourth-oldest person.
Many people who use the club drug ketamine - known as special K - may risk abdominal pain, bladder control problems and other urinary tract issues, and the heavier the dose or frequency of use, the more likely the problems, according to a UK study.
Eric Abadie, the chairman of the European Medicines Agency's main committee for approving new drugs, resigned suddenly on Wednesday in a move a spokesman said was related to his position at the French healthcare regulator, AFSSAPS.
Controversial author of I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, Tucker Max attempted to give a $500,000 donation to Planned Parenthood--but his money was refused by the organization on principle.
New information about Giant Panda reproduction is available due to a new three-year study. Published on April 4 in Biology of Reproduction's Papers-in-Press, the authors discovered that male and female pandas both have reproductive seasonality.
According to research, most of them surveyed compromise with their breakfast in their daily rush and prefer to pick at snacks at work
Was the famous T. rex a feathered predator? A new fossil discovery in China points to yes.
A group of scientists has uncovered a startling truth about an especially deadly form of breast cancer: turns out, it's actually a lot of different kinds of breast cancer.
Michelle Obama will appear as a guest on The Colbert Report on Wednesday, April 11, following a number of talk show visits of late, including The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Ellen and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.
The Province of Quebec announced this week it would not allow hydraulic fracturing pending further study of the controversial drilling technique.
Shocking photos of black-market cooking oil produced from garbage, food scraps, and even dead animals have Chinese citizens worried. And now authorities are cracking down on the recycled-oil underground industry.
The birth control pill may make women less sexually attractive to their partners, according to a new study.
At first glance, the three-spined stickleback seems like an unassuming little fish. But now that scientists have unspooled its DNA and opened up its entire genetic library for inspection, the stickleback has proven to be a powerful tool for studying the genetic roots of evolution.
Remains of a young woolly mammoth were recently found preserved in ice along Siberia's Arctic Ocean shore.
The re-release of James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster, Titanic hits theaters April 4. Fans of the movie might be surprised that Cameron made a change to the end of the film...a very big one.
The end was inevitable' last year Iranian immigrants Alfred and Stella Bassal erected an illegal chicken coop in Great Neck, N.Y. Tuesday night, the Village Board ruled.
Tornado season runs from March until June, but April showed that it is definitely the peak of Tornadi season. On Tuesday the Dallas-Fort Worth area was hit by tornadoes causing widespread damage. A number of injuries have been reported, but no reports of fatalities at the present time, said Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
A research team from the Vienna Technical University has developed 3D printing technology capable of creating nano-scale models, no bigger than a grain of sand, at record-breaking speeds.
The US National Weather Service has issued tornado warnings for much of Northern Texas as at least two tornadoes reportedly touched down in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
If a friend had a fungal infection on his face, your first instinct would probably not be to lick it off of him. But for Lasius neglectus, the garden ant, swabbing fungus off a nestmate with one's tongue is actually a good strategy to keep from getting sick, and scientists are calling it social vaccination.
The 1940 Census records highlight some major lifestyle differences between then and now. One of the biggest differences? Healthcare.
Many organ transplant recipients and cancer patients depend on rapamycin, a drug that suppresses the immune system and targets proteins involved in cell division. But this highly effective drug has an unfortunate side effect: many of the people who take it develop diabetes. Scientists now say they've figured out the root of the problem by studying the drug's effects on mice.
Using BMI as a measurement for obesity is unreliable, and could mean the obesity rate is double what researchers previously thought, according to a new study.
A new survey of U.S. teenagers finds that most have used alcohol and drugs by the time they reach adulthood, and researchers say that could be setting up many of them for a lifetime of substance abuse.
President Barack Obama took an opening shot at conservative justices on the Supreme Court on Monday, warning that a rejection of his sweeping healthcare law would be an act of judicial activism that Republicans say they abhor.
These government-operated sterilization policies were initiated by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the 1970s as a means to prevent the occurrence of defective genetic traits in the Indian population. During that period, thousands of men and women had undergone vasectomy as a part of the program’s family planning initiative. These strategies failed to hold down the population growth, but have nevertheless continued into the 21st century.
Modern researchers traced the path of a 19th-century sailing ship in order to compare ocean temperatures over the past century and found that the water started getting hotter much earlier than previously expected.
The controversial bird flu research that was deemed a threat to national security in December got the OK to be published by a panel of scientists on Friday.
