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Past studies have suggested a link between cat ownership and psychosis, specifically Schizophrenia. But researchers say the latest studies simply don't show any association.

As the time-honored saying goes, it's better to give than to receive. Well, maybe not always – especially when it comes to tattoo artists.

A committee of international experts, assembled by the National Academies of Science and Medicine, released a highly anticipated re

Three separate bills have been introduced (2 in the House, 1 in the Senate) to drive a stake into a vampire like Board, which has no members, little funding and bipartisan support for its demise – the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB).

Organic chemists are a different species (1).

Among the conclusions from a newly-released study focusing on women's military service during the Vietnam War – both in uniform and as civilians – one is rather eye-catching: That longer service corresponded to greater happiness and

If you're working at a DMV office, you'd better get busy. The old organ donor cards just aren't going to cut it any more. We have a new organ. Instead of 78, the number is now 79.

Human genome editing, like self-driving cars or drone delivery, is becoming a part of our everyday reality faster than we realize it. 

Today, in a world where important information is shared using only 140 characters, when someone sits down to write a letter, it tends to mean something. When that letter is signed by over 350 national organizations, t

In part I of this series, published earlier this week, we discussed the RO1 grant - the bread and butter of academic research funding.