After analyzing the DNA in over 500 ancient mammoth bones, an international research team has determined that ice age humans disproportionately killed female woolly mammoths. The newly published study ...

Black holes are often portrayed as cosmic gluttons that swallow everything that comes too close. But new observations of a dramatic black hole outburst – led by Warwick Postdoctoral Fellow Dr No ...

High blood pressure can be controlled better with a strategy that combines boosting potassium intake with reducing sodium, according to a new report. High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects more ...

In a promising sign for the potential of focused sound waves to improve care for brain tumors, UVA Health researchers have determined that tumors called gliomas may be even more receptive to targeted ...

A team of researchers has discovered that the winds generated by supermassive black holes are 100 times more powerful than ...

Hundreds of feet below Earth’s surface, rocks and water teem with fungi and support complex ecosystems of tiny organisms, ...

Biosensors have revolutionized home healthcare over the last two decades. Devices like wearable heart rate and blood glucose ...

This video takes a close look at the true motion of string instruments, such as the guitar, which has really bizarre movement ...

The existence of humans on Malta, a tiny Mediterranean island, in the Mesolithic period is puzzling. Archaeological evidence ...

Researchers found that nearly 70 per cent of participants experienced persistent, clinically significant sleep problems, ...

What makes a diet healthy—or not? According to a new study, nutritional quality matters more than processing level when it ...

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid about the size of Mount Everest smacked into Earth near where the Yucatan Peninsula ...