Science

Study suggests that childhood obesity, now at epidemic levels in the United States, may affect school performance and coping skills for challenging situations.

Researchers detail for the first time the scale of threatened species that are unable to be conserved in seed banks. The paper reveals that...

Microwavable instant soup products cause at least two out of every 10 scald burns that send children to emergency departments each year, according to...

Discovery of a gene that helps plants control their response to disease could aid efforts to develop crops that are resistant to infection, research...

Compared with US states with the strictest gun control legislation, gun deaths among children and teenagers are twice as common in states with the...

Using high-powered equipment to analyze air samples, researchers were able to get a detailed look at the molecular makeup of organic aerosols, which have...

Ageing and a low life expectancy are caused, at least partly, by oxidative stress. Scientists have discovered that zinc can activate an organic molecule,...

Researchers describe an autonomous system for a fleet of drones to collaboratively search under dense forest canopies. The drones use only onboard computation and...

Cancer-causing human papillomaviruses (HPVs) diverged from their most recent common ancestors approximately half a million years ago, roughly coinciding with the timing of the...

Combined observations of Comet McNaught -- one of the brightest comets visible from Earth in the past 50 years -- have revealed new insights...