Kidney stones have plagued humans since antiquity, yet despite our long history with them, we've apparently overlooked a key detail about the most common type, a new study finds.

The third phase of a migraine attack is the headache. This is when people typically experience a throbbing or pulsating ...

Scent is essential to ant society: every ant within a colony wears the badge of membership in the form of smelly hydrocarbons.

The key to heart health isn't cutting down on pasta or potatoes, new evidence suggests; it's not even a low-fat diet.

The message is simple: wake earlier, perform better. But the science tells a more complicated story. For many people, a 5 am ...

The single whistler event was recorded over a crustal magnetic field, at an altitude of 349 kilometers (217 miles) on the ...

Researchers have made a significant step forward in understanding how gut bacteria, and specifically a newly discovered virus ...

The brain's 'garbage disposal' system falters with age, a new study finds, with long-lived neurons offloading clumpy, old ...

Overall, our study suggests that reducing sugary drink consumption could be a helpful way to support adolescent mental health. While numerous studies have investigated the impact reducing sugary drink ...

As you peel, the adhesive continues to cling stubbornly to the surface for a fraction of a second. That's the stick part.

For people with hip osteoarthritis, neither shoe type is better than the other for improving hip pain. But for all older ...

A woman in the United Kingdom, who was born without a womb, has recently given birth to a healthy baby boy in a medical first ...