Men and women have strikingly different patterns of alcohol use and suffer varying consequences of excessive drinking. Women drink less than men but are more likely to suffer bodily harm and illness related to alcohol.In a new study in mice, researchers uncovered a key mechanism driving this puzzling gender imbalance: fluctuating estrogen. The sex hormone…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…