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 ...

Cannabis use may leave lasting fingerprints on the human body, a study of over 1,000 adults suggests – not in our DNA code ...

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

And fourth, focus on changing the environment, not just people. We must shift the focus to the systems and structures that ...

The blue shark ( Prionace glauca) might be more than its name. Scientists investigating the sleek ocean predator's skin ...

This association seems to suggest that Monday anxiety affects the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, the body's main stress management system. But chronic stress can overstimulate the HPA axis ...

An extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Jurassic period seems to have had quite the penchant for ...

Walk through any trendy suburb and you might find a new "wellness" studio offering ice baths or "contrast therapy" (a sauna ...

Early signs of Alzheimer's disease may be hidden in the way a person speaks, but it's not yet clear which details of our ...

It might be time to invest in some blackout curtains, turn off the TV before bed, and dim those lamps. New research suggests that exposure to light at night could elevate your risk of multiple heart ...

To celebrate its third year of operations, the powerful space telescope has peered into the heart of an empyrean essence of ...