The internet is currently abuzz with talk of dire wolves – an extinct species of prehistoric wolf that used to roam North ...

New research shows a significant gap in mortality rates between the US and Europe, with even the wealthiest Americans more ...

People who drink and smoke have an elevated risk of developing cancer of the mouth, pharynx and larynx. Alcohol makes it ...

"Fermentation [on the ISS] illustrates how a living system at the microbial scale can thrive through the diversity of its ...

Training the brain's immune system to recognize and clear toxic material is rapidly emerging as an promising way to put the ...

Among 356 healthy young male volunteers, researchers in Japan found that those who were conceived in a cold season showed ...

Terraforming Mars has been the long-term dream of colonization enthusiasts for decades. But when you start to grapple with ...

Statistics show that we're choosing to be solitary for more of our waking hours than ever before, tucked away at home rather ...

According to research, the stressful sensations caused by seeing others fidget are an incredibly common psychological ...

Meditating can help you relax in the short term, but if you stick with it, it might also steel you against the effects of chronic stress and aging, a new study finds.

Almost 4,000 years ago, a Mesopotamian man named Nanni was so disappointed with the copper he bought from a trader named ...

The benefits of getting fish in your diet are well known (it's in the Mediterranean diet, for example), but mercury poisoning ...