Maternity’s Most Dangerous Time: After New Mothers Come Home
Sherri Willis-Prater’s baby boy was 2 months old, and she was about to return to her job at a school cafeteria in Chicago. But as...
Complications After Delivery: What Women Need to Know
After a woman gives birth, the baby’s well-being usually becomes the focus of family attention, and the mother’s health often recedes as a priority. Many...
Emilia-Romagna, Italy, May Face More Violent and Frequent Storms
The floods that submerged the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna this month, killing 15 people, leaving thousands homeless and grinding transportation and businesses to a...
Ketamine Shows Promise for Hard-to-Treat Depression in New Study
A new study suggests that, for some patients, the anesthetic ketamine is a promising alternative to electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, currently one of the quickest...
Video Footage: Is This Octopus Having a Nightmare?
Costello the octopus was napping while stuck to the glass of his tank at the Rockefeller University in New York. He snoozed quietly for half...
Arctic Squirrels Have a Climate Change Problem
Male Arctic ground squirrels go through puberty every year. As if that wasn’t hard enough, now the females have a problem, too. According to a...
Deal Is Reached to Keep Colorado River From Going Dry, for Now
Arizona, California and Nevada have agreed to take less water from the drought-strained Colorado River, a breakthrough agreement that, for now, keeps the river from...
Ultrasound Pulses to Brain Send Mice Into a Hibernation-Like State
For many animals, life is a cycle of scarcity as well as plenty. Hibernating creatures curl up underground in winter, slowing their metabolism so they...
An African Country Faces Challenges to Protect Girls From HPV
When the health workers arrived at Upendo Primary School on the edge of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, they instructed girls who would turn 14 this...
Robert J. Zimmer, Who Promoted Free Speech on Campus, Dies at 75
Robert J. Zimmer, a mathematician who as president of the University of Chicago championed diversity not only quantitatively, in the recruitment of students and faculty,...
Study Offers New Twist in How the First Humans Evolved
Scientists have revealed a surprisingly complex origin of our species, rejecting the long-held argument that modern humans arose from one place in Africa during one...
The Spiny Mouse Has Been Hiding Its Armored Tail All This Time
At first it looks like a slightly more hairy rodent. But the spiny mouse’s body is full of secrets. Found in rock outcrops throughout Africa...
When to Watch the Eta Aquariids Meteor Shower Peak
On any given night, far from bright city lights, there’s a chance that you’ll see a beautiful streak shoot across the sky as a meteor...
Seagrass: A Powerful Climate Solution Just Below the Ocean’s Surface
They can bolster the coastlines, break the force of hurtling waves, provide housing for fish, shellfish, and migrating birds, clean the water, store as much...