Immerse yourself in a 'warm pond' of music

An artist's rendering of a young planet, similar to how Earth may have been 3.5 billion years ago. NASA/JPL CalTech/R. Hurt By Carol Cla...

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Marriage: A powerful heart drug in short supply

Getting married can have consequences for the health of your heart, years later. By Carol Clark Married adults who undergo heart surgery are...

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An evolutionary view of depression

From Woodruff Health Sciences Center A growing body of research is showing that one of the causes of depression may be inflammation, says An...

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Fruit flies use alcohol as a drug to kill parasites

By Carol Clark Fruit flies infected with a blood-borne parasite consume alcohol to self-medicate, a behavior that greatly increases their su...

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When music and molecules converge

Mark Gresham reviews Emory's recent music-and-science performance of "Creation of the World" for ArtsCriticATL.com : "In ...

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African-Americans and the toll of AIDS

HIV-AIDS is the third leading cause of death among African-American men and women between the ages of 35 and 44. Today is National Black HIV...

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Laura Finzi: A physicist's view of life

Physicist Laura Finzi runs one of a handful of labs using single-molecule techniques to study gene transcription. By Carol Clark Have you ev...

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Epigenetics zeroes in on nature vs. nuture

Epigenetics is a relatively new field that looks at changes in gene expression that are not caused by changes in the underlying DNA sequence...

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