“It’s basically a declaration of war on public health,” says one expert A U.S.-funded public health program called PEPFAR supplies medications to people living with HIV, including this sixteen-year-ol...
In 1960, a new drug revolutionized society from the bedroom to the streets. The introduction of a hormonal contraceptive, the birth control pill, gave women reproductive autonomy and a more effective ...
A diet of poor-quality scraps is changing the behavior and physiology of blacktip reef sharks Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) on the island of Mo’orea receive food scraps from tourist...
The oral drug, called Journavx, is meant to treat short-term pain A new oral drug called Journavx is intended for the treatment of short-term pain, such as following surgery or another tissue injury. ...
A compact method of detecting the subatomic particles provides new tests of physics theories Scientists detected antineutrinos with a 3-kilogram detector in an experiment at the Leibstadt Nuclear Powe...
Cities with higher temperatures and dwindling green space also have more rats Rats love warmer weather. As temperatures in cities increase, people make more rat complaints, a new study shows. Jamie Be...
The motion kicks off inflammation but may also combat harmful bacteria Scratching an itch feels so good, but it may make inflammation worse, a study of mice suggests. FotoDuets/Getty Scratching an itc...
At first glance, it’s a simple scene. Six adult bison and a calf mill around a stream. But Matt Davis invites me to look closer. We are at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, where Davis is an ...
The discovery sheds light on the origins of continents and life on our planet This open pit mine in Anshan, China, contains rocks from the Archean Eon, 4 billion to 2.5 billion years ago, that help pi...
While staring at their own reflections, the monkeys didn’t react to a laser dot on their face Wild baboons will look at themselves in a large mirror, but they do not respond to the reflection of a las...
Elon Musk’s sense of humor is out of this world. Seven years after the SpaceX CEO launched a Tesla Roadster into orbit, astronomers from the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for A...
One pterosaur species gave itself quite the makeover as it grew older and larger. Scientists have spent more than a century wondering if a large and anatomically quirky flying reptile fossil represent...
