Stories by Christine Soares

Is the public ready to know personal genetic information?

New sleep aids block the activity of brain peptides called orexins, which play a role in addiction

How your genes could reveal what you look like

How the legacy of the vicious 1918 outbreak led to today's comparatively tame swine flu

The "fiasco" of 1976, which saw the launch of a national vaccination program for an epidemic that never emerged, may be paying off today

The viral infections origin among apes might hold a key for someday taming it

They guide sound to the sensitive middle ear

Barbs became plumes long before birds took wing--in fact, long before birds

When a cells controls break down, chaos is unleashed

Structure, strength and storage in one package

They long predate the smile

Where do rainbows come from? What about flying cars, love and LSD?

Not needed, but not useless

Infertility treatments led to reproductive liberation

The surveillance of animals for new flu viruses has lagged behind preparations for the human pandemics that can be caused by the bugs

Could animal surveillance have seen the new flu coming?

Rethinking cancer by seeing tumors as a cellular pregnancy

U.S. military researcher uncovers clues about 1918 pandemic flu virus

A California chef and a climate scientist present a recipe for a sustainable diet

Genome-sequencing contest renews regeneration research

Rocky debut for a nicotine mimic tempers hope for widespread use

Resurrected "jumping gene" could deliver DNA

Brazilian neuroscientist Miguel A. L. Nicolelis taps into the chatter of neural populations to drive robotic prosthetics. Now he hopes to tap the potential of his country's population by building them a network of science cities

The essential character of the mother of all cells reveals itself in a set of breakthrough findings