After Deadly Infections, F.D.A. Asks Device Makers About Cleaning Methods
By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS Duodenoscopes are difficult to disinfect, and there is no expert consensus on the best […]
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Mice Brain May Give Insight Into Diseases of Human Mind
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA When injected with human DNA, mice embryos grew brains that were 12 percent larger than […]
Marine Life Study Suggests Bigger Is Better for Successful Evolution
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA Scientists at Stanford found that the maximum body size for marine animals has increased by […]
Length of Lashes Keeps Eyes From Drying, Study Finds
By JAMES GORMAN Researchers found that across a wide variety of mammals, eyelashes are always about one-third as […]
Head of U.N. Climate Panel Resigns Amid Harassment Accusations
By JUSTIN GILLIS Rajendra Pachauri’s 13 years as chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change made him […]
Rats May Be Exonerated in European Plague, Say Scientists With ...
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Researchers suggest that the bacterium behind the Black Death was repeatedly imported via gerbils […]
Time for New Antlers
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY When deer lose their antlers each year, do they grow back in the same […]
Taking a Dive With Turtles via Video
By JAMES GORMAN Scientists studying leatherbacks that spend their summer in Nova Scotia feeding on jellyfish are sticking […]
According to the Words, the News Is Actually Good
By JOHN TIERNEY An algorithm used to analyze millions of articles and books, and billions of tweets, determined […]
The Tangled Roots of English
By NICHOLAS WADE The precursor to many modern languages, including English, was probably spread by force, not farming. […]