Science

The National Toxicology Program just released the results from their multi-year, peer-reviewed study investigating a causal link between cellphones and cancer. The $25 million study is the largest experiment to date looking into this link, and what they found is more than a little disconcerting. Is there a link between cellphone …

According to NASA, there is a significant possibility that Europa, one of Jupiter’s 67 moons, is capable of sustaining life. Europa’s surface is coated with ice, but scientists believe a massive, saltwater ocean below that surface. New evidence has emerged suggesting that that ocean contains “the necessary balance of chemical energy for …

A handful of scientists around the United States are trying to do something that some people find disturbing: make embryos that are part human, part animal. The researchers hope these embryos, known as chimeras, could eventually help save the lives of people with a wide range of diseases. One way …

For patients with a positive fecal immunochemical test, the risk for colorectal cancer increases if diagnostic colonoscopy is delayed beyond 6 months, according to new research. “In breast cancer, there are quality mandates from the federal government that say how quickly patients should be seen for certain tests. Colorectal cancer …

Get ready to explore Mars right from your backyard. The red planet is about to swing the closest it has come to Earth since November 2005. And around the same time, sky-watchers will also be able to see our neighboring world at its brightest for the year. At exactly 6 …

Scientists have managed to remove DNA of the HIV virus from living tissue for the first time in a breakthrough that could lead to an outright cure. At the moment, treating the disease involves the use of drugs that suppress levels of the virus so the body’s immune system can …

Part of the difficulty in tackling viruses like Ebola and Zika is that they’re all so different, and each one can regularly mutate to create different strains within the same virus. To address this, scientists have been busy looking at common characteristics of viruses that could be used to develop an all-powerful vaccine capable …

Scientists think they see evidence of two huge tsunamis having once swept across the surface of Mars. They point to satellite data suggesting a major redistribution of sediments over a large region at the edge of the Red Planet’s northern lowlands. The US-led team argues that asteroid or comet strikes …

Melting ice from a major Antarctic glacier could lead to a nearly three metre rise in the world’s oceans, according to new research. The study published in the journal Nature looked at the retreating ice levels of the Totten Glacier, a glacier in eastern Antarctica roughly the size of France. Researchers found …

If the pharma giant doesn’t cut prices, it could lose its patent protection to generics. Colombia’s government is giving pharmaceutical giant Novartis a few weeks to lower prices on a popular cancer drug or see its monopoly on production of the medicine broken and competition thrown open to generic rivals. …