The timing of what and when we eat is crucial to maintaining strength and endurance. ...more

January 24, 2009

It may not be the most attractive or appealing definition, but in its strictest scientific sense, life is a common, sexually transmitted, medical condition with 100 percent mortality. At the time we are conceived, we are all programmed to die. Human life is being transmitted through "genes" the same way, since its creation. How well and how long each one of us lives is essentially decided by the genes, if we let nature take its course. ...more

January 11, 2009

New research suggests that some cases of autism arise from defects in genes that can be turned on or off by mental activity, a finding that sheds light on the devastating condition and might eventually lead to strategies to treat it. ...more

July 11, 2008

Radioactive carbon-14 trapped in the lens of the eye permits researchers to accurately date the year of a person's birth, according to Danish scientists. ...more

February 23, 2008