Pediatric emergency room doctors in Chicago say they treat patients who’ve swallowed button batteries every week -- a situation that can be life threatening. It’s something Trista Hamsmith knows all ...

I was awakened by my cat fighting in my yard. I grabbed my phone for the light ran outside to break it up, and then I looked up and that’s what is on video. Earlier in the evening, I had hung my ...

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For decades, the Environmental Protection Agency has relied on an independent scientific program to answer two basic questions when chemicals come up for review: Does the chemical pose a threat to ...

At the ripe old age of 73, I take six drugs — four prescription and two over-the-counter pills — every day. I keep careful track of them. But recently, when I received a refill, I noticed my blue pill ...

Researchers at the Technion have discovered how changes in genetic regulatory sequences can lead to alterations in the form and structure of animals—even when genetic regulatory systems are stable and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The city of Grand Rapids is updating its zoning ordinances to align with the "Bridge to Our Future" community master plan and is seeking public feedback as part of the process.

Learning how to change shape is a fundamental strategy in the adaptation and evolution of living organisms, from cells to tissues and animals. Human-made materials can also exhibit advanced ...

When wearing a two-button suit jacket, one is generally advised to leave the bottom button open. Our critic explains the reasoning behind the rule. By Vanessa Friedman I’m a psychotherapist with a lot ...

The gut microbiome and epigenetics-molecular switches that turn genes on or off-are intertwined, and both contribute to neurodevelopment, finds a study publishing April 10 in the Cell Press journal ...

The new metamaterials can learn to take on any shape – here, they have learned the letters that spell ‘learn’, or in Dutch: ‘leren’. In a new Nature Physics publication, University of Amsterdam ...