Simple cardiac risk score can predict problems with blood flow in the brain

The study shows that for those participants who do not have a history of heart disease…

High wealth inequality linked with greater support for populist leaders

People who live or think they live in a more economically unequal society may be more…

How nasty Toxoplasma parasite damages the human eye

An international study used human retinal cells to demonstrate how the Toxoplasma parasite creates a characteristic…

Delivery system can make RNA vaccines more powerful

MIT chemical engineers have developed a new type of lipid nanoparticle that can be used to…

Underwater manatee chatter may aid in their conservation

Scientists propose a new method for calculating populations of the Antillean manatee, a marine mammal in…

Is this brain cell your 'mind's eye'?

No-one knows what connects awareness — the state of consciousness — with its contents, i.e. thoughts…

Cooking food alters the microbiome

Scientists have shown for the first time that cooking food fundamentally alters the microbiomes of both…

BBC coverage of the Martian invasion will follow shortly

A new TV adaptation stresses the action, horror, and science fictional aspects of HG Wells’s celebrated…

NASA Television to Air 10 Upcoming Spacewalks, Preview Briefing

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station plan to conduct what may become a record pace of…

Bright daylight fireball over northern Germany

A bright daylight fireball flew over Poland and northern Germany around 17:32 UTC on September 27,…