Successful dolphin moms seem to be created, not born

Your mom always told you hanging out with the wrong kids would get you into trouble. Dolphin mothers should probably warn their daughters...

A look at the mind's natural shortcuts

Wray Herbert is thinking about your brain. He concludes that your thinking may be so ancient that you're making more mistakes than you'd...

GOP plans attacks on the EPA and climate scientists

If the GOP wins control of the House next week, senior congressional Republicans plan to launch a blistering attack on the Obama...

Early evidence found of sophisticated human tools

Early humans developed sophisticated techniques for sharpening stone spear points more than 75,000 years ago, at least 50,000 years...

Scientists closer to a more stable superheavy element

Berkeley researchers have produced a brand-new version of the man-made element 114 that decayed into five more novel atoms, a feat that...

FDA won't OK prescription weight-loss drug Qnexa

The Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve the prescription weight-loss drug Qnexa, but the company that developed it said...

Tests warned of cement problems before well's blowout

Weeks before the Deepwater Horizon explosion, oil company BP and subcontractor Halliburton were aware of test results showing that the...

Many Earth-like planets orbit sun-like stars

At least one in every four stars like the sun has planets about the size of Earth circling in very close orbits, according to the first...

South Korean fishermen, health officials tangle over octopus

The newspaper headline captured the latest cuisine controversy in this seafood-crazy country: "Can eating octopus heads be hazardous to your...

Republican gains could mean losses for NASA

Just weeks after President Obama signed into law a new blueprint for NASA — one that was supposed to add another space shuttle...

Electric-car sales are likely to be low-voltage

Even as General Motors Co. and Nissan Motor Co. get ready to launch electric cars into the marketplace, a new report from auto industry...

Researchers report a big leap in mapping genetic variants

Researchers have found more than 15 million places in the human genome where the genetic code differs from person to person, providing a...

Court orders security perimeter around Deepwater Horizon wreckage

A federal court in New Orleans granted a government request to create a security perimeter around the wreckage of the Deepwater Horizon...

Grim news on animal extinction threat greeting Japan biodiversity summit

Politicians gathering in Nagoya, Japan, for the United Nations' 10th Convention on Biological Diversity — a summit to set conservation...

Heavy smoking in middle age doubles risk of Alzheimer's, report finds

Heavy smoking in middle age more than doubles the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia later in life, according to one of...