It's well established that being overweight or obese increases cancer risk, but a new study adds some valuable fine print to ...

Tiny fragments of plastic are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, particularly through our food ...

Oxygen levels have decreased in almost 80 percent of rivers worldwide, and they're going to continue losing this precious ...

There's something special about the APOE2 variant of the APOE (apolipoprotein E) gene: People who carry it tend to live ...

The preprint website arXiv has announced that researchers who have put their names to papers that included errors clearly ...

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo believed to have killed more than 90 people has been declared an ...

After decades of stigma, researchers are studying cannabis and its compounds like never before. As regulations and ...

A joint European-Chinese spacecraft is set to blast off Tuesday to investigate what happens when extreme winds and giant ...

Scientists in South Korea have developed experimental contact lenses designed to send electrical signals through the retina ...

There's something living in the fog – but you'll be glad to know that it's mostly friendly. Researchers at Arizona State ...

Getting older might seem like a slow, gradual process – but research suggests that this is not always the case.

Trying to persuade kids to eat healthily is a challenge many parents face, and a small new study suggests that pregnancy ...