Is student debt keeping Americans away from marriage?

Having a student loan could influence whether America's young adults first union after college is marriage…

Science learns from its mistakes too

A mathematical model shows that even seemingly inconclusive studies speed up the gain in knowledge.

African swine fever: No known risk to consumers

The African swine fever (ASF) that is currently rife in Europe does not pose a health…

A study using Drosophila sheds light on the metastatic behavior of human tumors

A study using Drosophila melanogaster has demonstrated that chromosomal instability itself can induce invasive behavior in…

Analysis of billions of Twitter words reveals how American English develops

New words in American English tend to develop in five regional linguistic 'hotspots' before spreading across…

Uterus transplantation — ethically just as problematic as altruistic surrogacy

In 2014, the first child to have been gestated in a donated uterus was born. Although…

New allergy vaccine for hay fever shows promising results

Using sugar molecules researchers have developed a new vaccine for hay fever that may reduce treatment…

New protocol for measuring background levels of drugs in crime labs

When forensic chemists handle evidence that contains illegal drugs, trace amounts are inevitably released into the…

Breastfeeding changes gene activity that may make babies less reactive to stress

It has long been known that there are many physical and mental health benefits of breastfeeding…

Tiger mosquitoes are capable of transmitting yellow fever

Since December 2016, Brazil has been grappling with its worst yellow fever outbreak for several decades.…