Medical News Today: Anorexia: genetic and environmental risk factors uncovered
A new mouse model demonstrates how a combination of genetic and environmental risk factors can trigger the eating disorder. Researchers hope to find therapeutic targets.
A new mouse model demonstrates how a combination of genetic and environmental risk factors can trigger the eating disorder. Researchers hope to find therapeutic targets.
The University of Nebraska on Tuesday announced Peter McCornick as the next executive director of its Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute.
TUESDAY, April 12, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Southern California has cleaner air than it did 20 years ago, and children there may be breathing better because of it, a new study suggests.
TUESDAY, April 12, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Southern California has cleaner air than it did 20 years ago, and children there may be breathing better because of it, a new study suggests.
Yuri Milner, the Silicon Valley billionaire who has already committed $100 million to scientific efforts seeking radio evidence of alien life in the universe, announced Tuesday he is adding a second $100 million to expand the quest by sending swarms of tiny robot spacecraft into interstellar space. The one-time Moscow physicist envisions thousands of ships he calls “nanocrafts,” someday speeding at 100 million miles an hour to stars light-years away, powered only by the pressure of light beams from arrays of space-borne lasers. Читать дальше...
It’s spring cleaning week! After a lot of thought and deliberation, Yahoo Style staffers have chosen our once-prized possessions that we’re finally ready to pack up or bid adieu to. From last season’s biggest trends to items we’ve decided are actually hideous, see what we’re giving away this year. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest for nonstop inspiration delivered fresh to your feed, every day
Mining shares are higher in London trade, as the FTSE 100 ends higher.
Tony Irish, CEO of the SA Cricketers Association, says the Proteas players are somewhat anxious about playing a day-night Test against Australia.
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A celebrated architectural masterpiece modeled after a 19th-century Andalusian estate, Hacienda De La Paz sits on eight acres on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
The world economy is increasingly at risk of stalling, the International Monetary Fund warned as it once again cut its forecast for global growth prospects.
A row has erupted in Bristol over the issue
Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas said the National Treasury had cautioned the Public Investment Corporation against investing in struggling state-owned enterprises.
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks are rising in midday trading on Wall Street, led by gains in oil and gas companies as energy prices climb.
Is the word icon now wildly overused?
Federal law requires most insurers to provide parity between mental health and medical benefits, but that doesn't necessarily mean that regular counseling will come with a low copayment.
Global financial centres facilitate trade, investment and economic growth, writes Richard Hay
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CONWY, Wales, April 12 (UPI) -- A man visiting North Wales captured footage of a confused resident -- a seagull -- engaging in a heated argument with its own reflection in a car bumper.
The UK's exit from the European Union could cause "severe regional and global damage", the IMF warns in its quarterly economic outlook.
ANC heavyweights‚ including deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte and national executive committee (NEC) member Obed Bapela‚ visited the poverty-stricken informal settlement of Stoney Drift in Amalinda in East London on Tuesday afternoon.
Scrounging the cushions of the city budget yields little discretionary money so far for financing neighborhood park repairs
John Grisham and Donna Tartt are among 95 authors urging state officials in Mississippi to repeal a controversial new religious liberty law.
GENEVA - The director-general of the WWF says the conservation group is reducing its headcount at its Swiss headquarters by over half in a "substantial decentralization" aimed to better take on unprecedented environmental degradation around the world and leverage growing public concern about it.
GENEVA (AP) — The director-general of the WWF says the conservation group is reducing its headcount at its Swiss headquarters by over half in a "substantial decentralization" aimed to better take on unprecedented environmental degradation around the world and leverage growing public concern about it. Lambertini said WWF hopes to "capitalize" on the momentum of growing public awareness about conservation, saying "the planet is really suffering as has never happened before."
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