
Early Childhood Obesity Rates Might Be Slowing Nation-Wide

Early Childhood Obesity Rates Might Be Slowing Nation-Wide

Shootings May Threaten Global Polio Eradication Effort

Mealworms: The Other-Other-Other White Meat?

Common Antibiotic Not Helpful for Cough and Respiratory Infection

Intensive Weight Loss Programs Might Help Reverse Diabetes

New Toxic Nocturnal Primate Species Discovered

Genetic Sequencing Traces Gypsies Back to Ancient Indian Origin

Could Medicaid Benefits Get Pushed off the Fiscal Cliff?

World Changing Ideas 2012
10 innovations that are radical enough to alter our lives

Real-Time Genetics Could Squash "Superbug" Outbreaks before They Spread

New Slice of Wheat Genome Could Help Feed Growing Global Population

Global High Fructose Corn Syrup Use May Be Fueling Diabetes Increase

Wormholes In Art Trace Species Through Time and Space

Pharmacies Dispense Meds Even after Docs Stop Prescription

New Technology Saves Old Dioramas [Slide Show]
Conservators, curators and taxidermists developed novel techniques to preserve the past with an eye to the future as they restored aging animal dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History

Parasitic Worm Eggs Ease Intestinal Ills by Changing Gut Macrobiota

Print It: 3-D Bio-Printing Makes Better Regenerative Implants

3-D Imaging Improves Breast Cancer Screening

Allergies from Pollen Projected to Intensify with Climate Change

Undead-End: Fungus That Controls Zombie-Ants Has Own Fungal Stalker
A specialized parasite fungus can control ants' behavior. But that fungus also faces its own deadly, specialized parasites

Newer Docs Might Be Driving Up Health Care Costs

How Computational Models Are Improving Medicine [Video]

Animals Show Off Their Social Genius
New research reveals that animals interact in surprisingly sophisticated ways

How Do Animals Become Zombies? Instant Egghead [Video]
Scientific American explains how animals--and possibly humans--can become real-life zombies