Scientists studying the genetics of honey bees found they reveal some insights into the link between sugar sensitivity, diabetic physiology and carbohydrate metabolism that may also be relevant to humans. Lead author Ying Wang, a research scientist, in the School of Life Sciences in the College...
Kris Jenner and the Kardashians aren't the only ones with big Mother's Day plans. Read on to find out what some of your favorite stars will be doing today to celebrate all things...
Every American school kid learns the story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. But could its fate have been hiding in plain sight all along, behind some patches on a map? It's a major clue that could eventually solve a 400 year old mystery. More »
Historically, fly and human Polycomb proteins were considered textbook exemplars of transcriptional repressors, or proteins that silence the process by which DNA gives rise to new proteins. Now, work by a team of researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research challenges that dogma. In...
Today show nutrition expert, Joy Bauer, has come out with a new book, The Joy Fit Club: Cookbook, Diet Plan & Inspiration, where she profiles 30 formerly obese people who have each lost over 100 pounds and transformed their lives. In the book, these "biggest losers" share some of their best and...
James Van Der Beek may have become a father for the second time a couple weeks back, but one big question remained: What's the baby boy's name? Well, the former Dawson's...
Like, a celebrity went into a chatroom where there was only 1 other person there. The celebrity then reveals themselves to the other person and then *insist* they are who they are... is this situation likely? Also is this immature and dangerous on the celebrity's part to do this?
Like, a celebrity went into a chatroom where there was only 1 other person there. The celebrity then reveals themselves to the other person and then *insist* they are who they are... is this situation likely? Also is this immature and dangerous on the celebrity's part to do this?
Yale researchers have discovered how the "guardian of the genome'' oversees quality control in the production of sperm - and perhaps in many other cells as well. The research published online in the journal Current Biology opens up the potential of developing new forms of birth control and...
An Anonymous-affliliated hacker group has stolen and leaked hundreds of damaging emails from Syria's Ministry of Presidential Affairs including a damning thread regarding the manipulation of American opinion of President Assad's dissent-crushing tactics. More »
We have t-mobile and I have unlimited, and I text A LOT. But I was wondering if the actual message showed up on the bill? Wouldn't that be a huge pack of paper if they did that?
Or is there a way for your parents to go online and read the messages you've sent?
I also heard that to get the...
Grey's Anatomy Redux: Get Ready for a Shipper Riot! The "Soul Mates" Have Been Reveal
We've all heard the sage advice to "follow your heart." And "the heart wants what the heart wants." Basically all that romantic hoopla that we don't listen to in real life...
You're at a party. It's lame. There's a laptop in the corner running iTunes, and people are taking turns DJing to try to liven up the crowd. Unfortunately, the guy with the fingerless gloves is hogging the computer, and his circa-1994 drum and bass jams are failing. More »
Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have uncovered the surprising details of how a powerful anti-HIV antibody grabs hold of the virus. The findings, published in Science Express on October 13, 2011, highlight a major vulnerability of HIV and suggest a new target for vaccine...
The most common reason patients are not keen to disclose depressive symptoms to their doctors is their concern that they will be advised to take antidepressant medication, while others may think that it is not the job of a primary care physician (family doctor) to deal with mental problems...
Preliminary results from the first four brains donated to the Canadian Sports Concussion Project at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre, TorontoWesternHospital, reveal that two of the four former Canadian Football League (CFL) players suffered from a brain disease known as Chronic Traumatic...
Using the latest gene sequencing tools to examine so-called epigenetic influences on the DNA makeup of colon cancer, a Johns Hopkins team says its results suggest cancer treatment might eventually be more tolerable and successful if therapies could focus on helping cancer cells get back to...
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have shown in laboratory experiments in mice that blocking the action of a signaling protein deep inside the heart's muscle cells blunts the most serious ill effects of high blood pressure on the heart. These include heart muscle enlargement, scar tissue formation and...