The woman appears to have been a teen, around 14 to 19 years of age, with the bones uncovered so far suggesting she may have been buried in what is known as the "Hocker" position, curled up on her ...

Heading to the dentist for work on cavities isn't the most pleasant childhood experience – even if it's for the best when it comes to oral health and hygiene.

Type 2 diabetes is becoming increasing common around the world. And while genetics certainly plays a strong role in driving the disease, many studies have shown that the world around us – and our ...

Dolphins off the coast of Queensland, Australia, have been captured on film using a rarely-sighted technique known as 'shelling' to hunt their prey.

"Some authors reportedly turn to animal characters to conjure 'universal' subjects who 'transcend' gender, race, or other identity categories, and physical characteristics," UW machine learning ...

To test the speed of the information, the researchers modeled the transmission of two different signals, represented by a 1 and a 0. Up to a certain point known as time zero, the two signals are ...

Alzheimer's disease is an incredibly challenging condition to study, because of both its complexity, and the many different ways it can vary between patients.

A type of tumor known as glioma is a particularly formidable example. These malignant growths arise from glial cells or their precursors in the brain or spinal cord; the worst form – glioblastoma – ...

There was something notable about Mohenjo-daro, the largest city of the Indus civilization that settled across parts of Pakistan and India between 2600-1900 BCE: it flipped the normal rules of history ...

A mirror has one job: to accurately reflect the object in front of it. Oh, sure, you might get the odd funfair mirror that reflects a deliberately distorted view of reality – but if you look at a ...

Scientists know exercise is an important factor in getting a good night's sleep, but it's unclear which types of exercise ...

A filter used to clear excess fats from the blood of people with cardiovascular disease may also trap much smaller stowaways: ...