Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Getting a grip

    Wrinkled fingers seem to be an advantage in wet environments.

    By Stephen Ornes
  2. Health & Medicine

    Ebola in the air

    A deadly virus can spread through the air from pigs to monkeys.

    By Stephen Ornes
  3. Brain

    Baby’s stress can last decades

    Early stress may impair adult behavior, especially in girls.

    By Stephen Ornes
  4. Health & Medicine

    Healthier mice, through X-rays

    In sickly mice, small doses of radiation helped while vitamins harmed.

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Health & Medicine

    Magnets that kill cancer cells

    Researchers devise a way to use magnets to make cells self-destruct.

    By Stephen Ornes
  6. Health & Medicine

    Of fish and brain health

    Moms-to-be who eat a diet rich in the right fish may pass along benefits to their children

    By Stephen Ornes
  7. Health & Medicine

    The 2012 Nobel Prizes

    Annual awards go to research on cells, atoms and light.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Brain

    The teenage brain

    Adolescence triggers brain — and behavioral — changes that few kids or adults understand.

    By Amanda Leigh Mascarelli
  9. Health & Medicine

    The rest of your DNA

    Surprise: Scientists find most of human DNA molecule carries out important functions.

    By Stephen Ornes
  10. Animals

    By a whisker

    Hardly a fad: Some facial hair serves important functions, scientists find.

    By Sharon Pochron
  11. Animals

    Monkeys’ mistake detector

    Specific brain cells in macaques respond to fellow animal’s error.

    By Roberta Kwok
  12. Microbes

    Surprising rabies resistance

    Amazon villagers survive deadly disease carried by vampire bats.

    By Stephen Ornes