Western medicine has some good points, and is great in an emergency, but it’s high time people realized that today’s mainstream medicine (western medicine or allopathy), with its focus on drugs, drugs, radiation, drugs, surgery, drugs and more drugs…

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Just as the highly anticipated movie Hidden Figures, the story of three African-American women who were crucial in the launch of the first American into orbit, got released in theaters, more news of black female achievement in STEM (science, technology…

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In small studies around the country, a handful of researchers have been investigating how MDMA-assisted psychotherapy can help heal the psychological and emotional damage caused by sexual assault, war, violent crime, and other traumas. Now, federal regulators have approved the…

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BeeSweet Lemonade was started by Mikaila Ulmer at 4 years old. Her family encouraged her to make a product for a Children's business competition (the Acton Children’s Business Fair) and Austin Lemonade Day. After getting stung by a bee, she…

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A new algorithm could both improve your knowledge and do away with formal tests altogether. Developed by researchers at Stanford University and Google in California, it analyses students’ performance on past practice problems, identifies where they tend to go wrong…

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Expanding interest in traditional Chinese medicine in the United States is fostering a potentially lucrative new niche market for farmers who plant the varieties of herbs, flowers and trees sought by practitioners. While almost all practitioners still rely on imports…

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Maple syrup is once again making headlines for being the rockstar condiment that every Canadian knows it is, but it's
not the culinary world that's buzzing this time  it's the medical world. Newly released research from McGill University
in Montreal…Read more

A woman from Mexico who was born without a vaginal canal talks to New Scientist about
her pioneering vagina operationMovie Camera. She was 18 when she was diagnosed with
the rare disorder Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome (MRKHS). The same year, she
was…Read more

Walmart plans to announce that it is putting its muscle behind Wild Oats organic products, offering
the label at prices that will undercut brand-name organic competitors by at least 25 percent. The
move by Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer and…Read more

Nearly 500 foods found on grocery store shelves in the United States, including many
foods labeled as "healthy," contain a potentially hazardous industrial plastics chemical,
according to a report issued Thursday by a health research and advocacy group. 
Azodicarbonamide, also…Read more

One of the world's oldest known disinfectants and favorite salad dressings may
prove even stronger than previously thought. An international research team has
found that vinegar or, more specifically, the active ingredient in vinegar can kill
mycobacteria, including a highly…Read more

Google shelled out $3.2 billion for smart-thermostat manufacturer NestLabs of Palo Alto, California. But what
does Google want with your central heating? And what could this mean for the future of "smart homes"?

The Nest thermostat is designed to learn… Read more