A new USC-led study finds Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias will cost the United States an estimated $818 billion ...

For the first time, scientists have shown that ancient human DNA can survive for thousands of years on cave walls, opening ...

A study has revealed that despite centuries of violent regime changes, medieval Sicily was a genetic ‘melting pot’, where ...

Neanderthals thrived across Europe and the Middle East for hundreds of thousands of years. They occupied vast distances, ranging from Europe through the Altai Mountains in Central Asia. They survived ...

Tim Spector spent 15 years studying nutrition without bias, and what he found upended his own kitchen. He pulled margarine ...

You can get a sunburn when you're least expecting it! In the shade, in the cold, in all sorts of places you probably don't ...

West Virginia University researchers are developing new laser-based techniques to observe plasma behavior in unprecedented ...

Contact lenses are a great vision correction option for many, but if one of them gets damaged, there is little to do other ...

A routine check-up at the dentist ends with bad news: tooth decay has left a large cavity, and the tooth needs a crown. The ...

The question of what non-flying dinosaurs were doing with their feathered wings – and why they originally evolved in the ...

The biggest jump in body size among our ancestors happened around 2–2.5 million years ago, with the appearance of Homo ...

An international team of researchers have discovered a remarkable new spider species in the rainforest of north Queensland ...