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By David Cyranoski of Nature magazine After the Fukushima nuclear disaster spewed radiation across northern Japan in March, some feared that farming there would be shut down for years.

Would you buy a product that promised that 60 percent of the time it works every time? Maybe for caricature news anchors like Ron Burgundy , there is no question that a method (exotic cologne) with this type of track record (for attracting women) would be a good investment

Citizen scientists with birding experience can help New Jersey study its migrant shorebird habitats [More]

Recent media attention to coyotes snatching up and eating pets in New Orleans has highlighted spring flooding as the possible culprit. While flooding may be playing a minor role, it's really Hurricane Katrina that is to blame, according Kenny Ribbeck, chief of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries' wildlife division. [More]

I have first-hand experience of the devastation of depression, in myself and those close to me. Although I have been tempted to try antidepressants, I've never done so. Of course, like everyone reading this column, I know many people who have been treated with antidepressants--not surprisingly, because according to a 2005 survey, one in 10 Americans are now under such treatment

As climate change affects the ecology of the Pacific Ocean, many marine species will suffer, while two new reports indicate that certain fish and whales may successfully adapt. In one study, scientists found that gray whales in the Pacific are capable of feeding at both seafloor and surface levels, which has allowed them to survive fluctuations in food supply during a series of glacial periods.

In studies that observe the brain in action, the right hemisphere seems to be the sexy hemisphere. It lights up during orgasm--so much so that, in one study , much of the cortex went dark, leaving the right prefrontal cortex as a bright island

"Inside" stars Emmy Rossum, Intel, and, maybe, you. We go behind the scenes of the latest branded filmmaking adventure. Emmy Rossum’s hair is up in a bun.

Medea, the sensual and ravishing sorceress of Greek mythology, enters the royal chambers.

Will al Qaeda respond to the death of Osama bin Laden with serious cyberattacks? The short answer is no.

TOKYO, July 12 (Reuters) - Beef from areas around Japan'scrippled nuclear plant will be inspected after meat with [More]

Decades of research have suggested that our sodium habit is killing us via hypertension and heart disease. But other research suggests it's not salt's fault after all

You’ve heard of tennis elbow. Well, a friend of mine has gamekeeper’s thumb. When he told me his diagnosis, it rang a bell

Watch Scientific American editor in chief Mariette DiChristina host the first Google Science Fair awards dinner.

By Marian Turner of Nature magazine The unique physiology of the human liver means that the toxicity of some candidate drugs is not picked up during preclinical tests in animals. [More]