Classifying Attacks: Mental Illness Or Terrorism?
New research explores our tendency to label mass shooters as either mentally ill or as terrorists, based on whether they are Muslim or not.
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Neanderthal Genes Help Shape How Many Modern Humans Look
Calling someone a Neanderthal because of his coarse manners or brutish looks may seem like fun. But be careful. Neanderthal DNA persists inside many of us.
Parents Lobby States To Expand Newborn Screening Test For Rare Brain Disorder
There's a genetic test for ALD, the inherited disorder portrayed in the movie Lorenzo's Oil, and the federal government recommends it for all newborns. But only a handful of states offer it routinely.
Nobel Prize In Chemistry Awarded To Researchers Who Improved 'Imaging Of Biomolecules'
They were honored for developing a new way to generate 3-D images of biological molecules. Researchers are using the technique to study everything from the Zika virus to Alzheimer's disease.
Sheer Number Of Casualties Makes Las Vegas Count Difficult
Doctors and emergency officials are still trying to figure out exactly how many people were shot in Las Vegas. The wide range of injuries and the sheer number of people injured are challenges.
Would Aliens Look Like Us?
Though natural selection might have sculpted a well-adapted species on another planet, they wouldn't look like us, says guest blogger Jonathan Losos.
Nobel Prize In Chemistry Honors Views Of Human Cells Working At The Atomic Level
Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson worked to develop cryo-electron microscopy, which the Royal Swedish Academy says "both simplifies and improves the imaging of biomolecules."
Chemistry Nobel Prize Awarded For Advances In Cell Imaging
The 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to researchers Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for their work to develop cryo-electron microscopy.
Brain's Link To Immune System Might Help Explain Alzheimer's
For centuries, scientists thought the human brain had no direct connection to the body's immune system. Now researchers seem to have found one, and say it may offer clues to multiple sclerosis, too.
Nobel Prize Came Quickly For 3 Physicists Who Discovered Gravitational Waves
Three scientists won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of gravitational waves. These ripples in space and time are generated when really big things, like black holes, collide.