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Rather than thinking of these disorders as separate, individual clinical problems, it might be best to consider the relationships between overfat, its various risks,...

If people want to focus more on their time and less on money in their lives, they could take some actions to help shift...

People who spent money on time saving purchases reported greater life satisfaction. Credit: © JackF / Fotolia New research is challenging the age-old adage that money...

Vanderbilt undergraduate Thomas Metke demonstrates the ultrathin energy harvesting device which is taped across his elbow. As he flexes his arm the current the...

In this artist's rendering, flows of electrically charged ions and electrons accelerate along Jupiter's magnetic field lines (fountain-like blue curves), triggering auroras (blue rings)...

Auroras at Jupiter. Credit: Copyright JAXA Combined observations from three spacecraft show that Jupiter's brightest auroral features recorded to date are powered by both the volcanic...

Princeton University research suggests that idle conversation could be a social-bonding tool passed down from primates. The researchers found that ringtailed lemurs (above) use...

This is a male American alligator bellowing. Sub-audible vibrations produce the 'water dance' above the animal's back. Credit: Stephan Reber In alligators and other crocodilian species,...

Some mice and rats employ a whistle-like mechanism. Credit: © allocricetulus / Fotolia Grasshopper mice (genus Onychomys), rodents known for their remarkably loud call, produce audible...

A diorama at the Neanderthal museum in Croatia. Credit: Max Planck Institute A substantial fraction of the Neanderthal genome persists in modern human populations. A new...

A drawing depicting a DNA molecule unwinding from a chromosome inside the nucleus of a cell. Credit: The Cancer Genome Atlas Bacterial DNA may integrate into...