SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

A Mother’s BrainSusana CarmonaMIT Press, $27.95When it comes to new motherhood, the baby typically takes center stage, garnering most of people’s attention. But in a refreshing twist, neuroscientist Susana Carmona shifts the spotlight to the mom. In the opening...

New legislation in the UK, external, taking affect in the new year, will permanently ban the legal sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009 to create a "smoke-free" generation. Hazel Cheeseman, from the charity...

For astronomers and cosmologists, the Cosmic Dark Ages are the final frontier, holding the answers to how the first stars and galaxies formed and evolved. According to the most widely held...

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Thomas said continuity of care came up repeatedly among the Tenovus survey of GPs."You have a 20% less chance of dying if you have the same team that looks after you," she said.Maria Bailey feels being able to see...

Russia's government played down concerns Monday sparked by media reports that a female scientist in Siberia might have died of exposure to the plague after a lab accident. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed that the state...

Astronomers may have spotted a fun-sized version of one of the brightest and most mysterious cosmic objects. An elusive microblazar, a scaled-down form of the giant, ravenous black holes that haunt the distant universe, seems to have cropped up...

Is it even possible to choose a favorite Alan Alda character? How about Senator Arnold Vinick on "The West Wing"? Or lawyer Jack Burroughs in "The Four Seasons"? And, of course, "Hawkeye" Pierce, the sarcastic...

Protecting all heritage sites from the impact of climate change "just may not be possible," according to a National Trust manager.Justin Scully, manager of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, said extreme heat, heavy rainfall and wildfire risk were already...

When her symptoms began in her late 40s, Williams, from the Wychavon area, said doctors she saw initially thought she had depression."I had multiple attempts on my life, two significant ones, one where I was in a wheelchair for...