But folklore is stubborn, capable of resisting even the most compelling facts. By 1925, when Popular Science reported the ...

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An army of experts and citizen scientists devoted to documenting and protecting the country’s native bees is telling us a lot ...

SPRING is here and while many of us are jumping for joy, it is also the time of year when lots of people come down with a bug ...

As a young father pushed a baby carriage on a windy morning in Broward last week, streams of leaves and flowers cascaded down from a nearby towering oak tree. “My allergies,” he told a passing ...

This study provides valuable findings on the role of site-specific DNA methylation changes during spermatogenesis and their contribution to paternal epigenetic inheritance. The study proposes that ...

NYU scientists have discovered that cancer cells work together to withstand challenging conditions, revealing new ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 71, and I recently saw my urologist for urinating a lot and not getting enough sleep. He performed a flow test and a scope, then told me that I have an enlarged prostate.

This important study shows that the Nora virus, a natural Drosophila pathogen that also persistently infects many laboratory fly stocks, infects intestinal stem cells (ISCs), leading to a shorter life ...