For the first time in a decade, the percentage of residents with health insurance through employment fell below 50 percent.

Women with stable but not-so-sexy mates become more distant, critical during periods of high fertility.

Study finds that diesel fumes pollute far more than gasoline.

UCSF, UCLA researchers honored for work in stem cells, stable allocations theory in economics.

Temporary employees, from landscapers to programmers, are more likely to receive government assistance such as food stamps or Medicaid.

Researchers with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute are taking mountain water monitoring to the next level with sensor network in the American River Basin.

Eating about two handfuls of the nuts a day appears to improve sperm quality.

People who believe they are better than others, even when they aren’t, are given a higher place in the social ladder.

Triclosan, found in hand soaps and other products, is shown to hinder muscle contraction in animal models.

One way to reduce the deaths and disease from smoking is to show farmers how to change their choice of crops. A UCLA researcher has initiated successful crop substitution project in tobacco-rich China.

Despite an extreme weather year, overall clarity at Lake Tahoe improved in 2011.

Publicity over the past 25 years about the decline of amphibians worldwide has led to an explosion of research on the causes and exploration to find new species.