11 percent of disappearing groundwater used to grow internationally traded food

Eleven percent of the global non-renewable groundwater drawn up for irrigation goes to produce crops that…

Adults with migraines have triple the prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder

Generalized anxiety disorder is much more common among adults who have migraines than those without migraine,…

Giving brown fat a green light

Since the discovery in 2009 that brown fat can be active in adult humans, researchers around…

‘Weather whiplash’ triggered by changing climate will degrade Midwest’s drinking water

New research shows weather whiplash in the American Midwest's agricultural regions will drive the deterioration of…

Beating deadly pneumonia with hormones

Researchers have identified a hormone that helps fight off a severe form of bacterial pneumonia, and…

Making cows more environmentally friendly

An important discovery surrounding plants used to feed livestock has been released by scientists. They report…

Analysis yields clues to chemical composition, natural aging of 100-year-old beer

Stashed away and long-forgotten, a trio of century-old bottled beers recently discovered in the Czech Republic…

Male or female? Scientist challenges evidence of sex differences among dinosaurs

A paleontologist is countering decades of studies that assert that some dinosaurs can be identified as…

Products can be pals when you’re lonely, but it may cost you, study finds

According to a new study, it appears humanlike products do keep people from seeking out normal…

Microscopic muscles: How non-muscle cells find the strength to move

Researchers have described, for the first time, the ordered arrangement of myosin-II filaments in actin cables…