Sep 30, 2019
Laboratory researchers have found that fennel oil has significant antifungal properties against vaginal yeast infections caused by Candida species.
Children born with low vitamin D levels, determined by the mothers' levels during pregnancy, have an approximately 60 percent higher risk of elevated systolic blood pressure.
Kids that are bullied at age 10 have eight times the rate of depression in their teen years.
An injection of oriental motherwort can help decrease blood loss and other adverse events for mothers giving birth.
Another reason to consider organics: A study of teens and preteens linked high exposure to pesticides to a higher risk of depression.
Cordyceps, a fungus that grows on caterpillars high in the Himalayas, has been shown to boost the immune system by detecting and killing virus-infected cells, tumor cells and abnormal cells.
Study finds that men and women who have abstained from alcohol during their lives have the highest levels of mental well-being.
Rosemary herbal supplements can help to improve memory and sleep, reduce anxiety and lessen depression.
The endangered Florida panther has been saved from extinction thanks to the introduction of female Texan pumas.
A 3.3 billion-year-old layer of rock has been found in South Africa that contains two types of insoluble organic matter, suggesting extraterrestrial origins.
Scientists warn that the Arctic is heating up much faster than the world average because of rising greenhouse gas emissions.
A group of 24 scientists is urging that environmental destruction in conflict zones be treated as war crimes by establishing a new protocol in the Geneva Conventions.
A chemical engineer who grew up in Tanzania has designed a water purification system based on nanomaterials that is being put into use throughout the country.
Agricultural fertilizer runoffs from the Midwest are resulting in an algae-choked “dead zone” the size of Massachusetts at the mouth of the Mississippi River in the Gulf of Mexico.
Overfished and struggling widow rockfish are returning to the Pacific coast faster than expected, thanks to legal protections.
A new analysis links climate change to the recent global rise of a multidrug-resistant fungal superbug, Candida auris.
A 47-acre contaminated Superfund site in Bellingham, Washington, has been cleaned up and now holds restored wetlands, walking paths, new trees and returning bird life.
Icelanders unveiled a plaque in an official ceremony in memory of Okjokull Glacier, or Ok Glacier, the first of its kind officially lost to climate change.
Sep 25, 2019
The Amazon rainforest is in a critical state of near-collapse with a record number of fires in Brazil this year—twice as many as in 2018.
Sep 18, 2019
The Amazon rainforest is in a critical state of near-collapse with a record number of fires in Brazil this year—twice as many as in 2018—as the Brazilian government allows it to happen.
