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It's not unusual to fumble when trying to recall one's family medical history --especially in the absence of integrated electronic health records (EHRs). But those cumbersome forms and recitations help doctors to predict patients' risks for disease later in life, especially for partially heritable afflictions, such as breast or colorectal cancers.

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

By Meredith Wadman of Nature magazine The contentious issue of drug-industry influence over medical-research writing erupted on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia this week. [More]

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

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--A high-school student from Fort Worth, Texas, won top honors July 11 at the first annual Google Science Fair for her project on drug resistance in ovarian cancer. Shree Bose, 17, investigated the connection between an enzyme called AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and resistance to the chemotherapy drug cisplatin.

Successful batters often report that the baseball looked “huge” just before they hit a home run. This effect, dubbed action-specific perception, has been noted for years in all kinds of physical activities. Yet questions remain about why the illusion happens

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

The 1988 arrival of viral hemorrhagic disease (VHD) in Spain devastated that country's European rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) population and, in the process, possibly doomed the local species most adapted to hunt rabbit, the Iberian lynx ( Lynx pardinus ). [More]

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]