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Blood Test Can Help Prevent Serious Neural Tube Birth Defects Like Spina Bifida
Jun 10, 2015 12:23 AM EDT

Birth Month May Influence Your Health: Here's Why

Could our birth month ultimately have anything to do with our health?

Gay and Bisexual Teenagers Use Steroids To Bulk Up
Jun 09, 2015 10:46 PM EDT

Homophobia In Gay, Bisexual Men Increases Their Risk Of HIV

Attitudes about homosexuality vary greatly across Europe. However, gay and bisexual men living in European countries with strong attitudes against homosexuality are far less likely to use HIV-prevention services, test for HIV and/or discuss their sexuality with health care providers.

Steroid Injections to Mothers for Preemies Linked to Mental Health Problems
Jun 09, 2015 10:21 PM EDT

Autism Risk May Also Be Higher For Teen Moms, Not Just Older Couples

Could teenage pregnancy increase the risk of autism? New findings published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry consists of the largest-ever multinational study of parental age and autism risk, funded by Autism Speak. Researchers found increased rates of autism among children whose parents had relat...

Flooding
Jun 09, 2015 02:58 PM EDT

Floods Caused by Humans During War Efforts

Floods may not strike you as being weapons, but that's exactly what they were used for. Scientists have found that from 1500 to 2000, about a third of the floods in southwestern Netherlands were deliberately caused by humans during wartimes.

Water Computer
Jun 09, 2015 02:07 PM EDT

New Water-Based Computer is Created with Moving Droplets (VIDEO)

Computers and water don't normally mix. Now, though, scientists have mingled the two with a new, water-based computer that operates using the unique physics of moving water droplets.

CME
Jun 09, 2015 01:31 PM EDT

Massive Solar Storms May Be Predicted More Than 24 Hours in Advance With New Tool

Scientists may have created a new way to predict solar storms more than 24 hours in advance. They've developed a new way to track large magnetic storms that could influence Earth's communications.

Solar Panel
Jun 09, 2015 12:13 PM EDT

Renewable Energy: United States Plans to Convert to 100 Percent by 2050

There may be a way to convert 100 percent of the United States to renewable energy. Scientists have developed plans for each of the 50 states to outline how each can achieve this transition by 2050.

Baby Eye
Jun 09, 2015 11:44 AM EDT

Birth Weight of Your Newborn May be Impacted by Warmer Temperatures and Climate Change

It turns out that birth weight may actually be influenced by temperature.

Human Botfly
Jun 09, 2015 11:06 AM EDT

3-Centimeter-Long Worm Pulled from Teen's Eye with Basil and Tweezers (VIDEO)

This is a story that's likely to give you nightmares. A 17-year-old from Pozuzo recently had a 3-centimter-long worm pulled from his eye after it had lived there for about a month.

Lion Cub
Jun 09, 2015 10:35 AM EDT

Largest-Ever Camera Trap Survey Reveals the Secret Lives of Serengeti Animals

Camera traps may be revealing the hidden lives on animals on the Serengeti. Researchers have used automatic cameras triggered by heat or motion in order to better understand the behavior of animals in the African savanna.

Crow
Jun 09, 2015 10:00 AM EDT

Crows Can Count Like Primates: Crafty Corvid Intelligence Revealed in New Study

Can crows count? They may be able to, according to a new study

Chimp
Jun 09, 2015 09:34 AM EDT

Chimps Know When They're Right and Wrong, Just Like Humans

It turns out that chimps know when they're right-and often try to prove it. Researchers have discovered that chimpanzees are capable of metacognition, which is thinking about one's own thinking, and can adjust their behavior accordingly.

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