US health care spending highest among developed countries

Americans on average continue to spend much more for health care -- while getting less care…

Rising drug prices linked to older products — not just newer, better medications

Drug companies cite R&D as the reason for ever-increasing drug prices, but a new study shows…

Exposure to sugary breakfast cereal advertising directly influences children’s diets

Laboratory studies have shown that kids will request and prefer brands they have seen recently advertised…

How the brain decides whether to hold ’em or fold ’em

Why do people make high-risk decisions -- in casinos or in other aspects of their lives…

A century and half of reconstructed ocean warming offers clues for the future

Due to a scarcity of data, most global estimates of ocean warming start only in the…

Satellite images reveal global poverty

How far have we come in achieving the UN's sustainable development goals that we are committed…

Evolution used same genetic formula to turn animals monogamous

According to a new study that looked at 10 species of vertebrates, evolution used a kind…

Long-term breastfeeding sheds light on whether an infant becomes right- or left-handed

Bottle feeding infants is associated with left-handedness, according to a new study.

Exact process by which chaotic systems synchronize

Physicists analyzed the Rossler system, a well-known chaotic system which physicists have studied thoroughly for almost…

‘DeepSqueak’ helps researchers decode rodent chatter

Scientists have developed a software program called DeepSqueak, which promotes broad adoption of rodent vocalization research.