Global warming has picked up pace since around 2010, leading to the recent string of record warm years. Why this is happening ...

Long walks could both treat and prevent chronic low back pain, according to emerging research. A population-based study in ...

A pet cat in Florida may have made scientific history by enabling the discovery of not one but two new strains of viruses.

On June 19, the six-wheeled explorer officially completed the longest day trip of any robot vehicle on another planet. In a ...

The membrane-bound organelle appears to play a huge role in helping cells sort, discard, and recycle their contents. It's ...

If you are a daily drinker you may feel a bit worse to start with while your body adjusts to not having alcohol in its system all the time. You may initially notice disrupted sleep, mood changes, ...

Significant brain defects known as Chiari malformations could be down the genes some of us have inherited from Neanderthals, ...

From one perspective, the Sun is a benevolent orb of plasma and its warmth makes Earth habitable and has kept if habitable ...

New research highlights a crucial time window very early on in life, during which the introduction of eggs and peanut butter ...

This association seems to suggest that Monday anxiety affects the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, the body's main ...

Every time you take off from Heathrow, land at JFK, or pass through any major airport, you might be inadvertently announcing ...

Disaster victims trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed building or mine may one day be rescued by a tiny and unlikely ...