Huge repositories of data collected by Internet companies are not accessible to scientists, leading some to complain that studies based on these data cant be peer-reviewed.
Fifteen glass jars of specimens and 230,000 notecards are all that remain of a far-reaching study of birds by the Agriculture Department at the turn of the 20th century. Even these appear doomed.
Some addiction experts envision a near future in which patients will be able to choose a drug that best suits them, and couple it with therapy and other tools to achieve long-term recovery.
Direct primary care providers, which were once most associated with concierge health services for the rich, are reaching out to small businesses and the working class.
Pregnant women who were vaccinated against the flu were more likely to deliver regular-size babies, at a point closer to the due date, an analysis showed.
A study found a sharp increase in the disease's prevalence among teens, adding to worries that diabetes may progress more rapidly in children than in adults.
Research shows that more than half of office workers are dissatisfied with the level of speech privacy in their offices, and managers are hearing their complaints.
Gregory B. Jaczko, who battled colleagues and Congress as chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will step down as soon as a successor is confirmed.
Scientists have yet to determine a clear answer, but one recent study points to differences in musculature, another to differences in the nervous system.
A study of a flowering plant, Arabidopsis, shows that once a pollen tube successfully fertilizes an ovule, all other pollen tubes are repelled, increasing the chance of each ovule being fertilized.
Tagging has yielded an enormous amount of information about feeding, migration and birth patterns of female elephant seals off the Northern California coast.
The microbes, found in the Pacific Ocean in deposits untouched since before dinosaurs went extinct, use an infinitesimal amount of oxygen, a study shows.
After finding more water jar pieces, researchers plan their return to Cara Blanca, Belize, to further study the Maya world and how its inhabitants survived multi-year droughts.
A 1,600-acre plot of land in California is being preserved with the help of small land trusts. And a national alliance of trusts is creating an insurance company to help such trusts guard lands in the courts.
Researchers find a startling error rate in statistics on imports of fish for saltwater aquariums. Yet reliable data is needed as coastal managers seek to reduce risks from the introduction of diseases and invasive species.
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