Scientists have used the fossil record during the past 23 million years to predict which marine animals and ecosystems are at greatest risk of extinction from human impact.
Want to stay healthy? Then walk two minutes each hour. Scientists have found that walking just two minutes each hour could offset the hazards of sitting for long periods of time.
When it comes to cracking nuts, monkeys have it down. Scientists have found that wild bearded capuchin monkeys use tools in order to crack open nuts for food.
It turns out that the asteroid that slammed into Earth about 66 million years ago and killed off the dinosaurs probably rang our planet like a bell. The results were massive volcanic eruptions around the globe.
Scientists may have discovered what causes humans to age, which could lead to methods of preventing and treating age-related diseases.
Researchers have "weighed" Antarctica's ice sheet using gravitational satellite data and have found that during the past decade, Antarctica's ice sheet lost twice the amount of ice in its western portion compared with what it accumulated in the east.
Scientists have learned a bit more about how bats fly-and it all has to do with their sense of touch.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sought out additional information regarding the safety and effectiveness of certain active ingredients found in antiseptics that are commonly used by health care professionals
Rubella, otherwise known as the German Measles, has now been officially eliminated in North and South America. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) notes that not a single case has even existed in the past five years in the aforementioned areas.
A new study published in the journal Nature Genetics have linked mutations in a gene known as RECQL with onset of breast cancer among Polish and French-Canadian women. Furthermore, these statistics suggest that about 50 percent of women with the RECQL mutation will develop breast cancer.
New findings published in the journal Pain reveal that people with insomnia and other sleep disorders could be at an increased risk of pain sensitivity.
People who live in cloudy areas where there is relatively little sunlight may have an increased risk of pancreatic cancer because they are not receiving a sufficient amount of vitamin D, according to recent findings published in the Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
