Donald Trump’s assault on the American scientific enterprise has been death by a thousand cuts. But the latest push from the ...

Experiencing severe stress during childhood can make a person more vulnerable to anxiety, depression and other mood disorders ...

Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine are investigating how to keep opioids' pain-relieving benefits while ...

There is no such thing as a universal mosquito magnet. In a new study published in iScience, Florida International University ...

Losing your hair can still feel like a really big deal, and the treatment options we have are limited and costly. But new research could lead to breakthroughs in how we understand how ce ...

Birdsong and Whale song show patterns similar to human language The songs produced by birds share similarities with the structure of human language, a study shows. An international team of researchers ...

Academic science is a tale of broken incentives. Scholars must choose whether to publish what advances their career or to ...

Vitamins in pregnancy are usually discussed in terms of a baby’s health at birth. But could the amount of vitamin D taken ...

Vitamins in pregnancy are usually discussed in terms of a baby’s health at birth. But could the amount of vitamin D taken during pregnancy also influence how a child’s brain works many years later? A ...

In the 1850s, German scientists were trying to figure out how to weigh a forest – but they weren’t particularly interested in ...

Extreme events continue to expose the vulnerability of our towns and cities. As urban populations grow and the climate ...

Your bones may seem like the most permanent part of your body: hard, solid and finished. In reality, they’re under constant ...