News
Some people recover from ALS — now, we might know why
A rare gene variant may explain why a subset of patients with ALS recover from the deadly disease.
Double mastectomies don't increase cancer survival, study...
Other types of surgery besides double mastectomies are equally good at lowering death rates in women with cancer in one breast.
'Breaking,' aka breakdancing, is in the Olympics for the...
Here's the brain science of breaking, the dance style making its Olympic debut in Paris.
Barrage of solar explosions could bring auroras to the...
Three powerful solar eruptions could bring auroras as far south as New York and Idaho right at the peak of the Perseid meteor shower...
10 crafty ways animals hunt their prey
Spiders swinging lassos, ants setting deadly traps and turtles with deceiving tongues — these animals have the most cunning methods...
What's the difference between gram-positive and gram-negative...
There are two main types of bacteria, and these categories reflect the microbes' biology and their vulnerability to different antibiotics.
Scientists have found a secret 'switch' that lets bacteria...
Microbiologists are on a quest to unravel a rare phenomenon involved in antibiotic resistance and how it may change our understanding...
10 of the deadliest superbugs that scientists are worried...
These bacteria have evolved the ability to resist treatment with antibiotics, leaving doctors scrambling to help patients who are...