For decades, scientists believed ancient humans avoided dense rainforests, treating them as nearly impossible environments ...

Women may be especially sensitive to the effects of common dementia risk factors, according to a new UC San Diego study of over 17,000 adults. Researchers say tailoring prevention strategies ...

A newly identified enzyme called IDOL could become a major new target in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers ...

Scientists in Canada have discovered that ancient underground rocks are naturally producing hydrogen gas — and lots of it.

Researchers have developed a light-driven method for creating tiny, high-energy “housane” molecules that are valuable for ...

Scientists in Australia are using cutting-edge DNA techniques to help save one of the world’s rarest marsupials — the critically endangered Gilbert’s potoroo, with fewer than 150 left in the wild. By ...

Why did T. rex have such tiny arms? Scientists now think it’s because its giant head became the ultimate hunting tool. Across ...

Scientists have discovered that a topical anti-aging drug called ABT-263 can dramatically improve wound healing in older skin ...

Scientists discovered that eating grapes can actually change how your skin behaves at the genetic level. After just two weeks of daily grape consumption, volunteers showed signs of improved skin ...

A hidden network of earthquake faults running beneath Seattle may be far more active than scientists realized. New research ...

Scientists spent decades chasing signs of a mysterious new force hidden inside the muon, one of nature’s strangest particles.

Scientists have identified a protein that appears to put the brakes on the chronic inflammation linked to aging. Older mice ...