Web Comic: The Scientist Who Escaped Aleppo
It was a harrowing journey. Nedal Said made a new life in Germany — and found what he'd always been looking for.
Humans
Women With High-Risk Pregnancies Are More Likely To Develop Heart Disease
Women who develop diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy, or whose babies are born prematurely, often are unaware of their own increased risk of heart disease later. So are their doctors.
Dads Respond Differently To Daughters Than To Sons, Study Finds
Researchers from Emory University, using functional MRIs to measure fathers' brains, found that they had different biological reactions to their daughters' faces than to their sons'.
Pain Before Pleasure Makes The Pleasure Even Better, Study Finds
A study from the University of Kentucky shows that doing something virtuous can make indulging later even more pleasurable.
The Call-In: Physician-Assisted Dying
It's been a year since California passed its right-to-die law. JoNel Aleccia of Kaiser Health News discusses the change and Lisa Crawford talks about her family's experience.
Georgia OB-GYN Will Lead Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, who leads the Georgia Department of Public Health, has been appointed CDC director. She'll take over as the Trump administration seeks big cuts to the CDC's budget.
To Prepare For Mars Settlement, Simulated Missions Explore Utah's Desert
NASA plans to send people to the Red Planet in the 2030s. In the meantime, a remote location in southern Utah serves as a non-NASA training ground for the Mars-minded.
Can Snapchat's New 'Snap Map' Bring The World Closer Together?
From cute puppies in Guatemala to daring teens in Jordan, the feature lets users share video clips and photos from their daily lives. Is that a good thing — or is it just making us all voyeurs?
Aztec 'Tower Of Skulls' Reveals Women, Children Were Sacrificed
Some 650 skulls unearthed in Mexico City are believed to be the legendary Huey Tzompantli, a site for victims of human sacrifice first mentioned by Spanish conquistadors.
Scientists Are Not So Hot At Predicting Which Cancer Studies Will Succeed
A scientist tested his peers' ability to pick which cancer experiments would pan out. They failed more often than not, which doesn't say much for intuition or efficiency in the scientific process.