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Signs of Neanderthals Mating With Humans

New Insights Into the Mystery of Natural HIV Immunity: Findings May Have Implications for Designing Effective AIDS Vaccine

Scientists Create Human Embryonic Stem Cells With Enhanced Pluripotency

UCSF find predicts severity of breast cancer

NASA successfully tests escape system for capsule that may never launch

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Hubble Marks 20 Years With Spectacular Shot of Stars Being Born

Change in Experiment Will Delay Shuttle’s End

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Robonaut 2 ready for International Space Station

Generation gap: Obama space plan angers old hands

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The Gene Patents Case

Rare disorder erases all social anxiety

Spanking children can lead to aggressive behavior: study

NASA chief sees new jobs, products for industry

Backward planets may have flipped into place

Genetically Modified Crops Get Vote of Approval

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Pictures: New Human Ancestor Fossils Found

Scientists Discover Heavy New Element

Spacewoman asked about career, hair on talk radio

Japanese have seaweed-eating gene, Americans don't

Our Universe at Home Within a Larger Universe? So Suggests Physicist's Wormhole Research

Bacteria Divide Like Clockwork: Cell Division in Cyanobacteria Controlled by Same Kind of Circadian Rhythms That Govern Human Sleep

Brain Tumors: Tissue Stem Cell Turning Into Tumor Stem Cell

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Obama to defend new NASA mission at April summit

80% say 'Net access fundamental right, split on regulation

UNAIDS: Funding cuts could lead to HIV 'nightmare'

D.C. to be first U.S. city to give away free female condoms to fight HIV/AIDS

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A genetic peek deep into the heart of Africa confirms that Africans have more genetic diversity than Europeans or Asians and provides insights into how to live a long life despite disease and famine.

HIV drugs prevent infection in African study

The first U.S. clinical trials in more than 20 years on the medical efficacy of marijuana found that pot helps relieve pain and muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis and certain neurological conditions, according to a report released Wednesday by a UC research center.

NASA Releases First Images From WISE Satellite: The infrared satellite will scan the entire sky searching out previously unseen comets, asteroids, stars and galaxies.

Pluto, Discovered 80 Years Ago, Still a Big Mystery

New way of tracking cancer uses DNA changes: US study

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Analysis of hair DNA reveals ancient human's face

Solar Dynamics Observatory Launch Now Set For Feb 11

New Telescope Captures Dazzling Image of Orion Nebula

Merck and GlaxoSmithKline could get a boost from New York lawmakers. Two bills working their way through the New York State legislature would mandate that schoolchildren receive a human papillomavirus vaccine, even without a parent's consent.

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Cord blood stem cell transplant hopes lifted: Matching donors cannot always be found, despite extensive registries
A technique which may eventually remove the need for matched bone marrow transplants has been used in humans for the first time.

When I have horrifying visions of killing myself in the lab from an experiment gone wrong, I'm really concering myself with the 'graft versus host' problem which usually ends in the death of the patient.

One second-hand space shuttle: Yours for $29m

U.S. Keeps Science Lead, But Other Countries Gain

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Cocaine found in shuttle work area, NASA says

One good night of sleep may do less than once thought

I always speak to my friends about sleep debt and why they have to sleep enough every single night...

Study warns of drug-resistant HIV strains

Sequencing Wasp Genome Sheds New Light on Sexual Parasite: ScienceDaily (Jan. 14, 2010) — About 100 million years ago, the bacterium Wolbachia came up with a trick that has made it one of the most successful parasites in the animal kingdom: It evolved the ability to manipulate the sex lives of its hosts.

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Power of genomics cracks soybean code

Small Asteroid Flirts With Earth Impact, Raises Awareness of Dangers

Male Chromosome May Evolve Fastest

Are there trees on Mars?

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Study: Looking young may mean living longer

BGI-Led Team Publishes Giant Panda Genome Paper

UPDATE 2-AIDS prevention gel fails in African trials

NASA launches spacecraft that will map stars, galaxies, asteroids

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Winter meteors are real Gems

NASA Comet Hunter Set For Monday Launch: Weekend liftoff of WISE space telescope scrubbed due to faulty steering engine.

There are no stars today... only meteors. Meteors only entertain us for a certain amount of time then fizzle out. Stars are forever...

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Cassini Imaging: Global View of Iapetus' Dichotomy

Saturn's mysterious hexagon crown lit up as 30-year winter ends

NASA has delayed the launch of its new infrared sky mapper by at least a day, with liftoff now scheduled for no earlier than Saturday.

New T. Rex Cousin Suggests Dinosaurs Arose in S. America

Sickle-cell disease can be cured with stem-cell transplant procedure

Firstborns are more selfish than other youngsters... but are more likely to achieve greatness

I was the first born in my family...

Firstborns have been shown to have higher IQs. This may be because they benefit from having their parents' undivided attention at the start of their lives.

Scientists expected to unveil the discovery of dark matter

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Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games

Astronauts prep for not-so-close encounter with space debris

German researchers say babies begin to pick up the nuances of their parents' accents while still in the womb.

Researchers team up for stem cell work

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Over 17,000 species threatened by extinction

California-based Masten Space Systems ROCKETEERS WIN $1.65 MILLION IN PRIZES

Judge OKs Challenge to Human-Gene Patents

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Ares rocket and the Nasa legacy

U.S. vaccine advisers last week declined to press for the use of Gardasil in boys and men, opting instead to simply advise doctors they are free to use the drug.

Large Hadron Collider playing with particle beams to prep for colliding

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Japan's Toshiba launches fuel cell for mobiles

Presidential panel reports on manned space options

Flu shots? How about HPV shots?

Further Study Undercuts HIV Vaccine

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NASA rolls out new moon rocket for test flight

2009 Orionid Meteor Shower Peak Begins

HIV vaccine trial was significant

Earnings Preview: Amgen to report 3rd quarter

Bill Gates gives financial backing to bright, young scientists

Jupiter's Moon Europa Has Enough Oxygen For Life

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Lots more planets found outside solar system

NASA: Nibiru will not destroy the Earth in 2012

NASA photos show moon strike created plume

Just Chillin': Large Hadron Collider Cold and Ready to Start Up Again

The Future of Human Enhancement

A federal about-face on medical marijuana
New Justice Department guidelines order federal drug agents to cease arresting or charging patients, caregivers or suppliers who are conforming with state law.