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Last year, Bayer announced its intention to purchase (in cash!) Monsanto.

Cancer cells are smart.  Very smart.

A fascinating presentation is taking place Wednesday in Stockholm, and the subject is the neurological brain damage suffered by Muhammad Ali over the course of his legendary boxing career.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed a 2014 U.S.

In college, I had a brilliant psychology professor who never ceased to challenge us. One day he made each of us answer a series of questions that went something like this: Professor: Why are you here?

The scientists that I know are the most creative, innovative, detail oriented, critical thinkers around.

Here at ACSH, we're used to conspiracy theories. There are very few that we have neither heard nor debunked.

There is zero doubt that the harms associated with smoking are considerable.  Thanks to public health efforts, smoking cigarettes is recognized as one of the biggest contributors to death and disability globally.  Thi

With the recent doubling down of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) urging breastfeeding at all costs despite no country meeting their standards, has the latest reversal of the "normal bir

If the oceans continue to warm, a new study released today postulates that the size of fish gills will face new limits, with many species subsequently shrinking in size as compared today's population due to the intake of less oxygen in warmer wate