A Glass Of Wine A Day May Help Control Type-2 Diabetes
A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that a glass of red wine with dinner lowers blood sugar and improves cholesterol among people with diabetes.
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EPA Sets New, Tougher Standards Aimed At Reducing Smog
The Environmental Protection Agency has released its much-anticipated ozone standards. The agency is setting more stringent thresholds for the particles that contribute to smog.
Volkswagen Faces Uphill Battle In Repairing Tarnished Reputation
Volkswagen faces two enormous repair jobs: fixing its polluting diesel cars and its battered reputation. Both may be much harder to fix than anything other scandal-plagued car companies have faced.
Experiment Tests If Teacher-Student Relationship Helps Performance
A study measured the performance of kindergartners who either had close or distant relationships with their teachers. It found that students reminded of close relationships solved problems faster.
Study May Ease Drinking Water Worries About Fracking
A new study of drinking water in areas where fracking is used to extract natural gas found that contamination is not common and it probably did not come from deep underground.
Two Scientists Launch A Dark Room Experiment To Cure Lazy Eye
Several years ago, two scientists locked themselves in a light-free room for a week to test a treatment they believed could cure amblyopia, or lazy eye. Now, they're recruiting more people to try it.
The Bacterial Cloud We All Carry Could Be As Unique As A Fingerprint
Scientists have discovered that everyone emits their own "microbiome cloud," a plume of the microbes we all carry around in and on our bodies.
Abandoned, But No Wasteland: Chernobyl Offers Animals Room To Thrive
Nearly 30 years after a catastrophic nuclear meltdown, something interesting is happening in Chernobyl: In an environment long abandoned — and deemed unsafe — by humans, wildlife is flourishing.
'Buckyballs' Solve Century-Old Mystery About Interstellar Space
Scientists have long wondered what's in the wispy cloud of gas floating in the space between the stars, absorbing starlight. Turns out it's a form of carbon named after architect Buckminster Fuller.
Why Is The Sky Blue? (On Pluto, That Is)
Pluto's atmosphere has a blue haze, in a new photo from the New Horizons probe. But the particles causing that color are probably gray or red — and the planet's surface has red ice.