It's true that the so-called long-count calendar—which spans roughly 5,125 years starting in 3114 B.C.—reaches the end of a cycle on December 21, 2012. That day brings to a close the 13th Bak'tun, an ...

Approximately 25 global experts in virology will review hundreds of proposals for virus classification and naming. These proposals involve grouping newly discovered viruses based on shared properties, ...

Bacterial infections significantly affect human health and are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterial pathogens, such as the ESKAPE ...

Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach Jason ...

Sample collection from wild birds around Qinghai Lake was approved by Administration of Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve. During sample collection, we strictly abided to the rules issued and did ...

HoBi-like pestiviruses (HoBiPeV) constitute a novel group of bovine pestiviruses, genetically and antigenically related to bovine viral diarrhea virus 1 (BVDV-1) and BVDV-2. Recent data shows that ...

Ashley Renehan had a dream of opening up the bush to wider audiences. Ash is well known to ABC staff in Melbourne as a multi-skilled operator, lighting director and technical producer. He left the ABC ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers please note that this article mentions deceased persons. First Nations educators from around the country launched a landmark report today calling for ...

For the past three months, I’ve been filing for Crikey from the Northern Territory. When I moved to Mparntwe (Alice Springs) to report on one of the biggest national stories this year — the referendum ...

Hundreds of kilometres, dozens of interviews and numerous languages. That's the mission Damien Williams has been part of in recent months, as he traverses remote communities in Central Australia to ...

Verity Postlethwaite has received funding from the University of Worcester to complete a doctoral study on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (thesis publicly accessible, and the Japan ...

As explosions rocked the capital, Kyiv, the 32-year-old editor and her co-workers rushed to a bomb shelter in the building where her station, ICTV, is located. Deep underground, in a dimly lit room ...