Science
First tantalizing promise emerges for Alzheimer's therapies
For first time, researchers see hope for ways to slow disease's progression.
Jackpot: Scientists find Earth-like planet at star next door
After scanning the vast reaches of the cosmos for Earth-like planets where life might exist, astronomers have found one right next door.
Nation
Mark your calendar for Aug. 21, 2017, to see first total solar eclipse in 38 years
Carbondale, Ill., is the place to be on Aug. 21, 2017.
Science
Unexpected results from robotics offers new hope for paraplegics
First-of-its-kind study shows brain-machine equipment can stimulate partial recovery for paraplegics.
Science
U receives $6.9 million grant to get inside aging brains
Using sophisticated MRI techniques, the researchers will compare the "activity maps" of brains over the next five years to understand how they function differently in people of different ages and disability levels.
Science
Many elderly patients leave hospital more disabled then they arrive
Many elderly patients leave the hospital more disabled than when they arrived, a problem more medical facilities are trying to combat
Science
How the U.N. bungled its response to the yellow fever outbreak
As yellow fever exploded, U.N. vaccines vanished and supplies were waylaid
Science
Theory of sterile neutrino, like Elvis, has left the building
Ending a 20-year debate, physicists find that sterile neutrinos do not exist.
Outdoors
Minnesota bats are caught in a fast-moving, deadly epidemic
A night out with state researchers, who are netting and tracking a species of bat in hopes of saving some of them from an infectious disease called white-nose syndrome.
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