Do weather changes cause headaches?
Suffer from headaches? It could be the weather, according to a new study.
"There are a lot of potential triggers of headache.
Biology12550 articles archived since 1845
Clean and Virtuous: When Physical Purity Becomes Moral Purity
How "embodied" metaphors, rooted in our physical understanding of abstract concepts, shape our view of the world.
Invasive Earthworms Denude Forests in U.S. Great Lakes Region
Worms, such as the night crawler, eat leaf litter which acts as a rooting medium for new growth
The Baby Nobels
SciAm.com met up with the 40 finalists of the Intel Science Talent Search, considered the "Super Bowl" of science. Christie Nicholson reports
Anatomy Lessons through the Ages
Medical books from centuries past give a glimpse into the science of yore, thanks to the National Library of Medicine
Anatomy Lessons through the Ages
Medical books from centuries past give a glimpse into the science of yore, thanks to the National Library of Medicine
Planning of the Apes: Zoo Chimp Plots Rock Attacks on Visitors
A canny primate shows that humans are not the only animals who scheme
Plastic Pollution May Change Cattle DNA
Cattle downwind from industrial facilities in Texas suffer genetic damage, according to new research
Proof on the Half Shell: A More Acidic Ocean Corrodes Sea Life
Ocean acidification is taking a toll on tiny shell-building animals
Obama to lift restrictions on embryonic stem cell research
President Obama is reportedly set to sign an executive order Monday lifting the Bush administration ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.
Do optimists live longer?
A perennial grump? Always see the glass as half empty instead of half full? Might want to brighten up a bit – if, that is, you'd like to live longer.
Updates: Whatever Happened to Drugs from Goats?
Also: updates on nanotech medicine, space shuttle Columbia's last moments, and the five aspects of taste
Waking in the Dark: Daylight Saving Time
Remember to turn clocks ahead one hour this weekend and, if possible, sleep in until the sun rises. Sleep researchers say waking with light is the best remedy for the winter doldrums. Christie Nicholson reports...
First domesticated horses in central Asia more than 5,000 years ago
It's pretty hard to milk a wild mare. So researchers attempting to determine whether ancient Botai in northern Kazakhstan had domesticated horses tested their pottery for evidence that they were as fond as their modern descendants of mare's milk (you can see [ left ] a modern mare being milked by a Kazakh woman)...
Are doctors zapping patients with too much radiation?
A new study says that the average American is exposed to six times more radiation from medical tests than in the early 1980s, prompting warnings that physicians may be upping patients' cancer risk by giving them unnecessary exams.
A study by The National Council of Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) shows that the average American's overall radiation exposure jumped from 3.6 millisieverts (mSv) to 6.2 mSv per year -- almost entirely a result of radiation-based medical tests...
Morally Repugnant
A recent study in the journal Science shows that we display the same facial reaction to moral wrongs as we do to bad tastes or smells. Karen Hopkin reports
