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Study Ties Antipsychotic Drugs to Decrease in Brain Volume
Mar 22, 2015 08:35 PM EDT

New Alzheimer's Drug Aducanumab Shows Promising, Fast Results

A new drug is coming out that might help decrease the progression of Alzheimer's.

Neanderthal
Mar 21, 2015 07:37 AM EDT

Did a Massive Volcanic Cataclysm Drive Neanderthals to Extinction?

Scientists are taking a closer look at the decline of the Neanderthals to see whether a massive volcanic cataclysm in Europe about 40,000 years ago may be partially to blame.

Forest
Mar 21, 2015 07:25 AM EDT

How Shrinking Habitats Put World Ecosystems at Risk

What sort of effect does habitat fragmentation have on the environment? That's a good question and now, scientists have the answer.

Mercury
Mar 21, 2015 07:01 AM EDT

MESSENGER Spacecraft Gears Up for Its Last Missions Ever

MESSENGER's mission may be ending sometime this spring when the spacecraft runs out of propellant, but it's still chugging along until then.

Ragweed
Mar 21, 2015 12:19 AM EDT

WHO Classifies Roundup As 'Probable Carcinogen'

The World Health Organization (WHO) has just released information that an active ingredient in Roundup, otherwise known as one of the world's most popular weed killers that's used in the United States, has been declared a "probable carcinogen."

seeds
Mar 20, 2015 07:41 PM EDT

Researchers Uncover The Development Of Plant Embryos

We probably don't really think about exactly what's involved in the creation of a plant, but a seed is actually carrying an embryo. It is als also carrying a very important food storage that will later be needed for the initial growth of the seedling, to soon blossom into a plant.

The Antidepressant Effexor
Mar 20, 2015 07:10 PM EDT

A Pill For Compassion? Scientists Say It's Possible

A drug is usually never the cure or answer to anything--whatever illness you may be dealing with. However, recent findings conducted by researchers at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco show that a new drug could help alter brain chemistry in such a way that it could make some more sensitive to social...

Drunk driving killed over 10,000 people in 2012.
Mar 20, 2015 05:49 PM EDT

What If A Device In Your Car Could Stop You From Drinking And Driving

New findings published in the American Journal of Public Health show that researchers at the University of Michigan Injury Center and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute studied how many lives could be saved if there were alcohol ignition interlock devices in newly purchased...

Soda
Mar 20, 2015 04:50 PM EDT

104-Year-Old Woman Swears By Dr. Pepper To Keep Her 'Pep' Up

One doctor has always stayed with 104-year-old Elizabeth Sullivan, and it's not her local medical practitioner. It's Dr. Pepper.

Women were found to be 'bitchier' than men, a Canadian non-experimental study says
Mar 20, 2015 03:55 PM EDT

Men Like Big Butts And Evolution Shows Us Why

Men are peculiar creatures. You never know what they may like. However, a majority do seem to prefer softer, curvier shaped females.

Doctors Prescribe More Antibiotics Later in Their Clinical Sessions
Mar 20, 2015 03:00 PM EDT

Antibiotic Resistance: Here's Why Scientists Need To Be Careful About Using It In Experiments

New findings published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy highlight problems with using antibiotics in lab experiments, according to researchers at the University of East Anglia.

Collision
Mar 20, 2015 09:28 AM EDT

Iron Rain May Have Fallen on Early Earth

Iron rain may have poured down on our early Earth. Scientists have found that at pressures rivaling those when worlds collide, iron vaporizes at far lower pressures than assumed.

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