There's a lot more to sleep than just the amount of time that passes between you drifting off and waking up again – and the ...

The rhythms of prehistoric cyclones and other extreme weather events could be mapped using the shell on a land snail's back, ...

Exercise is good for you – that much we can all agree on – but which exercises work best for which types of benefit? Knowing ...

But when menopause arrives, the brain's normal aging seems to be temporarily altered. The first brain scan study of its kind ...

Colorectal cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers worldwide, and it remains a leading cause of cancer death. Although survival has improved considerably, treatment for advanced disease ...

Could changing your diet really turn back your body's clock? Not the wrinkles on your face or the gray in your hair.

There's a name for this: scientists call it 'Mind After Midnight' – a hypothesis, laid out in a 2022 paper, that the brain ...

For 2,000 years, the architects behind the iconic Parthenon temple in Greece have had praise heaped on them for the clever ...

Non-physicists might hear of 'the Hall effect' and think it relates to the way time elongates when trying to get young ...

Survival is only one part of evolution. For a variant to become less common across generations, it must ultimately reduce its ...

Since a 19th century theory put forward by German physiologist Ewald Hering, color scientists have considered the hues red, ...