Detecting Down Syndrome: New Test Diagnoses Disease in Utero By Janelle Weaver published 30 May 13 The new method relies on fetal DNA taken from the mother's blood, rather than from fluids and tissue surrounding the fetus.
Newfound Hormone Irisin Could Fight Obesity and Diabetes By Janelle Weaver published 11 January 12 Irisin, a newfound hormone, may stimulate weight loss and improve health by mimicking the effects of exercise.
Is Homosexuality Based on a Brain Chemical? By Janelle Weaver published 25 March 11 Mice without serotonin more likely to mount fellow males.
The Brain in 3-D: New Research Illuminates Cell Circuits By Janelle Weaver published 17 March 11 Scientists "crawled through" a jungle of brain cells to create their map.
Data Overload: Scientists Struggle to Streamline Results By Janelle Weaver published 10 February 11 The data deluge is at the limits of the human mind, scientist says.
Childhood Diseases May Be Rooted in Evolution By Janelle Weaver published 1 February 11 Long childhood is part of what makes humans unique, but this extended developmental stage comes with a cost: a risk of cancer and other genetic diseases.
Mama Bird Skips Out on Chicks for Sex By Janelle Weaver published 31 January 11 When the mother hihi bird has a chance to mate multiple times in a season, begging chicks get slighted.
Mission Accomplished: Orangutan Genome Decoded By Janelle Weaver published 26 January 11 The sequenced female revealed her genes evolved more slowly than those of chimps and humans.
In the Name of Science: Tracking Bands Can Harm Penguins By Janelle Weaver published 12 January 11 The pudgy penguins have lower survival and reproductive rates due to the metal ID bands.
Study: U.S. Torture Techniques Unethical, Ineffective By Janelle Weaver published 6 January 11 Three doctors say not only is torture unethical, the scientific basis used to validate them was flawed.
Mating Mystery: Hybrid Animals Hint at Desperation in Arctic By Janelle Weaver published 15 December 10 As the ice melts, once-distant species are coming into contact, leading to polar-grizzly hybrids and many others.
Climate Talks Should Include Health Impacts, Docs Say By Janelle Weaver published 3 December 10 Ditch a gas-guzzling car for a bike and save your gut and the planet.
Dino Demise Led to Evolutionary Explosion of Huge Mammals By Janelle Weaver published 25 November 10 Before dinosaurs' demise, mammals were basically vermin scuttling around beasts. And then their size exploded.
How Great White Sharks Stumbled into the Mediterranean By Janelle Weaver published 16 November 10 Ancient navigational error brought great white sharks to the Mediterranean.
