Balancing rights and responsibilities in insurers’ access to genetic test results

Researchers have compared the regulation of life insurers' use of genetic information in the UK, Canada,…

Studying children at increased risk of suicide

Teenagers injured through drinking, drug abuse or self-harming have a five-fold increased risk of dying from…

Government transparency limited when it comes to America’s conserved private lands

A new study examined why private-land conservation data is sometimes inaccessible and found that limited capacity…

IVF babies do not have lower cognitive skills than naturally conceived children

Researchers analysed data of hundreds of UK children who had been born through IVF or ICSI…

Changing climate could have devastating impact on forest carbon storage

Biologists have shown what could be a startling drop in the amount of carbon stored in…

Infections, other factors raise risk of pregnancy-related stroke in women with preeclampsia

Infections, chronic high blood pressure and bleeding or clotting disorders increase the risk of pregnancy-related stroke…

The ‘ideal’ teacher? It’s all in your mind

A study leverages the unvarnished opinions of Redditors to further our understanding of what makes a…

Look at Eva, 4 months old and standing

Both the literature and practice indicate that children can stand without support starting at around 9…

Tiny shells indicate big changes to global carbon cycle

Experiments with tiny, shelled organisms in the ocean suggest big changes to the global carbon cycle…

Rock climbing envisioned as new treatment for depression

Scientists involved more than 100 individuals in a bouldering (rock climbing) intervention in Germany, where some…