At the age of 94, Columbia Heights native Earl Bakken passed away on Sunday. Many on Monday are remembering him for his positive (and oftentimes life-saving) contributions.

You probably know by now that the Neanderthal people lived before and then alongside modern humans in the way, way back. Their DNA and its prevalence in people today is proof that they interacted ...

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid impact triggered the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs. Yet, some early birds, including the ancestors of modern waterfowl, survived. A new discovery from ...

The discovery of penicillin, one of the world's first antibiotics, marks a true turning point in human history -- when doctors finally had a tool that could completely cure their patients of ...

In medical science, the partnership works like this: The National Institutes of Health asks university researchers to compete for grants in areas of discovery it prioritizes — cancer research, brain ...

Plant-based traditional medicines have long been used to provide leads for the new drug discovery, and plant natural products like vinblastine and taxol are used clinically as anticancer drugs.

The prize was awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, which helps determine how cells develop and function.

Researchers have discovered a 380-million-year-old heart – the oldest ever found – alongside a separate fossilized stomach, intestine and liver in an ancient jawed fish, shedding new light on ...