Trevor Stokes

Settlers to the New World had certain advantages -choice land, abundant resources, and according to new research, an evolutionary advantage that spread the pioneer's genes more and further than later immigrants.

Researchers called Chantix, the smoking-cessation drug linked to psychotic and suicidal side effects, unsafe for patients Wednesday; just days after federal health officials in October deemed the drug safe.

Heroin and cocaine can be deadly, but they pale in comparison to prescription painkillers that have reached epidemic levels, U.S. researchers reported Tuesday.

Researchers found dangerous levels of metals - iron, magnesium, copper, zinc, cadmium, chromium, nickel and lead - across Accra removed from the Agbogbloshie scrap yard where residents burn away plastic to extract metals.

Millions of people suffer from addictions worldwide - whether from drugs, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, theft or any number of vices and the biology behind seeking endless gratification that damages your life has been of interest to scientists for years.

The freshmen 15 - the widely reported 15 pounds that students gain in their first college year - may be just a myth, according to a nationwide survey.

Your daily commute may do more than just get you to work: it also may be bad for your health, according to research published Sunday.

In the world of eat or be eaten, one tactic surprisingly works for some predators: Scare their prey to death.

NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite soared into space Friday aboard a Delta II rocket after liftoff at 5:48 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California

By Monday, a mother will give birth to the seven billionth human living on Earth, experts predict.

A quarter of gay urban men have unprotected sex with casual partners, despite millions of dollars spent on HIV/ AIDS prevention strategies, according to new research published Thursday.

In a first, researchers used regenerative stem cells to repair fragile damaged lungs in mice previously infected by a nasty strain of H1N1 influenza. The results could lead to new therapies for asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema in humans.

A new twist on the X Prize, a $10 million carrot dangled in front of potential innovators, came Wednesday when the competition ventured into the highly competitive world of genomics.

Just in time for Christmas, researchers found the reason why Rudolf's nose was so bright red that fateful eve. Poor guy was desperate to cool down.

Curiosity and diligence are as important as intelligence for a student's success, according to research released Wednesday.

The leading cause of death in adult humans, head injuries, hardly gives a headache to birds that rapid-fire drill their beaks into hapless trees. A new study entitled Why Do Woodpeckers Resist Head Impact Injury: A Biomechanical Investigation from a team of Chinese scientists sought to answer that question.

Scientists caught predators in the act of raiding ground nests in the Arctic, graphically showing in a series of photographs released Wednesday how ground-nesting birds are threatened.

The large ice masses in southwest China are also decreasing, coinciding with warming temperatures, according to research published Wednesday.

Research funded by Google, the power-hungry search engine, concludes that America's geothermal resources could provide 10 times the current power from existing coal plants, according to a report released Wednesday.

The comet discovered in December became popularized as a doomsday comet since astronomers expected it to fly close to the Earth and the comet resembled ancient apocalyptic prophesies.

NASA continued to roll out apps for astronomy enthusiasts to view pictures of far off worlds, get updates on missions and receive updates on the International Space Station.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday issued a warning at the heels of 20 new cases of malaria from Greeks who had no travel history to malaria-infested areas.

Most Gen Xers, the generation sandwiched between baby boomers and Internet-era adults, live active, balanced and happy lives, according to a long-term research from the University of Michigan released Tuesday.

Chinese astronomers looked up in the sky back in 185 A.D. and found a mysterious guest star that stayed around for eight months then disappeared. The sighting was the first documented supernova confirmed by scientists in the 1960s.

Arctic ice shelves may disappear in the future, although the ice masses already broke up 1,400 years ago and refroze 600 years later, according to new research.

A drug used to fight off parasites may someday be used to protect against skin cancer, according to new research.

Giant single-celled animals live nearly seven miles below the ocean surface, according to scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

Over eight million American adults had suicidal thoughts between 2008 and 2009, a period during which an estimated one million adults attempted suicide, according to a study released Thursday.

One in ten Americans takes antidepressants, according to a federal study published Wednesday, a rate that has skyrocketed in the last two decades.