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Studies on the effect of soy on breast-cancer recurrence and mortality have been conflicting, but the largest study to date suggests that it may be safe, and even beneficial Full Story »

Teens who talk to their parents about sex are more likely to delay sex and to practice safe sex when they do become sexually active, but parents are waiting too long to have the talk Full Story »

Market-based mechanisms for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions aresubsidizing some of the world's worst polluters, critics say Full Story »

In a move long awaited by stem-cell researchers, the National Institutes of Health finally made available the first 13 new stem-cell lines eligible for federally funded study Full Story »

Research suggests that exposure to certain stimuli during sleep may help people remember things they learned while they were awake Full Story »

The case of a Belgian patient who was discovered to be nearly fully conscious after 23 years in a coma raises numerous tricky questions that doctors are still trying to answer Full Story »

Reseachers have found that regulating the chemical can affect people's decisions on what will make them happy Full Story »

After years of complications and high-profile setbacks, a series of small but intriguing advances has suggested that gene therapy may hold real future potential for treatment Full Story »

A new study suggests that the East Antarctic ice sheet, which holds about five times as much ice as West Antarctica and Greenland combined, is in decline Full Story »

On the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, political journalist Dennis Sewell talks to TIME about how the naturalist's big idea has been harnessed for sinister ends Full Story »