Rather than suppressing local communities in developing nations, nature reserves attract human settlement, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.

There's a new boy on the block: the iKan. This countertop device scans your empty containers and, with its hidden Wi-Fi antenna, adds the item to a list via your wireless connection. When you're ready, 1 click of the mouse gets your groceries delivered.

Nearly a century after the discovery of strange star-shaped cells in the brain, scientists say they have finally begun to unravel their function.

British archaeologists say they are firming up their ideas on the role of the ancient monument, Stonehenge.

For decades,astronomers have been blind to what our galaxy,the Milky Way, really looks like.After all,we sit in the midst of it and can't step outside for a bird's eye view.NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope revealed the milky way has 2 major arms not 4 as

In captivity,the insects thrive on dog food & fruit, reproduce plentifully & do not bite. But their hard bodies & feces are home to many mold species that could be triggering allergies in the kids and adults who handle the bugs, according to a new study.

Aysha Akhtar, M.D., M.P.H, says, "Today, dissection and live animal labs are no longer required or even hailed as superior teaching tools. To imply that dissecting animals is a necessary part of any education is simply wrong."

The health consequences of eating one large meal a day compared with eating three meals a day has not been established.

From rabbits to horses to cows, many animals love alfalfa. America's premier pollinator of that crop, the alfalfa leafcutting bee (Megachile rotundata), is vulnerable to a deadly fungal disease called chalkbrood.

Torrefacto-roasted coffee has higher antioxidant properties than natural roast, according to the dissertation defended by a biologist of the University of Navarra, Isabel López Galilea.