In the weeks after a child is born, a rapid restructuring takes place in the paternal brain, based on a new study of brain ...

Whether you call it an Irish goodbye, French leave, or filer à l'anglaise (leave in the English style), as the French prefer, ...

Somehow, on this beautiful blue marble we call Earth, the astonishing phenomenon we call life emerged long ago, spreading ...

You might not think your blood type has much to do with your health, but research suggests that it can have an effect.

Around one in every 100 people worldwide has vitiligo – a chronic, autoimmune skin condition that causes the skin to appear ...

As effective as fasting can be for weight loss, it's often thought that depriving the body of sustenance might have a ...

A brainy human relative who lived during an ice age nearly 150,000 years ago adapted to the bitter cold by developing a ...

But there is some evidence that the shapes of letters have some relationship to the sounds they convey. For example, one ...

Recent clinical trials have shown promising results of transplanting these cells into individuals with Type 1 diabetes: ...

When someone is suffering from stiff and aching joints due to arthritis, the last thing they probably want to do is get up ...

This Week in Science: human remains found in an ancient, giant jar; a new member of the self-recognition club; new clues to ...

Gold is the most noble of all known metals – it doesn't react readily with substances like the oxygen that bonds with atoms ...