Alexander BesantApril 30, 2013 19:50

Nerve cells in the nose may help in diagnosing those with schizophrenia according to new research.

Russia charges NASA astronauts $8M more per seat on Soyuz spacecraft

Samantha StainburnApril 30, 2013 18:14

Seats will now cost $70.7 million apiece, or $8 million more than the previous going rate.

Did they really just spend money to do these studies?

Rian RossettiMay 2, 2013 11:27

Stress is bad for your health? Women find facial hair more attractive? Ah, science. Sometimes, research benefits science and mankind. Other times, they have us scratching our heads. It seems some members of Congress have similar sentiments.

American kids are more likely to have allergies and asthma, research shows

Amy SilversteinApril 30, 2013 11:15

"This is definitely something we see clinically and we're trying to better understand, what is it in our environment that's increasing the risk of allergic disease?"

NASA releases video of massive hurricane on Saturn (VIDEO)

Samantha StainburnApril 29, 2013 23:44

"We did a double take when we saw this vortex because it looks so much like a hurricane on Earth," Andrew Ingersoll, a Cassini imaging team member at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, said.

Europe bans some pesticides to help bees

Sarah WolfeApril 29, 2013 14:34

Europe moved to ban some pesticides today in a bid to save the continent's bee population.

Plants combat climate change through cloud-causing aerosols

Alexander BesantApril 29, 2013 12:56

Plants counter climate change not only by absorbing carbon dioxide but also by assisting in cloud formation and atmospheric cooling.

Plants combat climate change through cloud-causing aerosols

Alexander BesantApril 29, 2013 12:56

Plants counter climate change not only by absorbing carbon dioxide but also by assisting in cloud formation and atmospheric cooling.

Amy SilversteinApril 29, 2013 05:58

Earth permanently deformed by earthquakes, new research shows

Earthquakes can leave permanent cracks in the planet.

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A resident warms himself up with a fire amid debris left by the waves generated by a major earthquake, in the surfing community of Pichilemu, Chile, March 1, 2010. (Mariana Bazo/Reuters)

"I still remember feeling blown away — never seen anything like them in my 40 years as a geologist — and also perplexed."

Ocean temperature off US and Canada Northeast highest in 150 years

Alexander BesantApril 28, 2013 17:28

The continental shelf just offshore from the Northeast US and Canada reached its highest average yearly temperature in 150 years say scientists.