The execution of 51-year-old Kimberly McCarthy is scheduled to take place on Tuesday evening, and if the sentence is carried out, will be the first female since September of 2010 to be put to death.
The connection between poor sleep, memory loss and brain deterioration as we grow older has been elusive. But for the first time, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a link between these hallmark maladies of old age.
The issue of water quality standards for cruise ships is back before the Alaska Legislature. Bills introduced by Gov. Sean Parnell would delete a statutory requirement for the cruise ships to comply with Alaska water quality standards at the point of discharge.
Japanese researchers show for the first time that primates modify their body movements to be in tune with others, just like humans do. Humans unconsciously modify their movements to be in synchrony with their peers.