Some people taking Ozempic-like medications have described just such a change. Could these drugs help people with alcohol use ...

Prions are one of nature's cruelest tricks. Proteins are chains of amino acids that need to fold in very specific ways – a process that does not always work as intended. Your body is pretty good at ...

The human brain is a magnificently complex information-processing machine that is extremely off-limits to certain kinds of research.

You've probably heard of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, but did you know there's possibly a third option as well? For just over two decades now, some scientists have argued that type 3 diabetes is an apt ...

Detecting planets outside of our Solar System mostly relies on measuring minute changes in the light of distant stars. If this were akin to finding a needle in a haystack, astronomers would delight.

Catching signs of dementia early – before the main symptoms have started to show – means a bigger window of opportunity to study the progression of the condition, and to put support in place for those ...

Some computations are so hardcore that it takes a facility of extraordinary power to even think about running them.

Venting when angry seems a sensible option. Conventional wisdom suggests that expressing anger can help us quell it, like ...

Cancer may seem like an inevitable part of life, but there are so many factors that can help reduce your risk.

The preliminary analysis, published in Nature Metabolism, finds initial evidence that a popular supplement, taken by more than 40 million Americans, is associated with faster progression to dementia ...

Your dog may prick up its ears at its name or run to the door when it hears "walk." But can its brain separate unfamiliar words when it hears them without a pause? In a new experiment, dogs listened ...

The team's results, published in AGU Advances, identify and explain what seems to be a paradoxical future scenario: 'young' water getting older, and 'old' water getting younger in ...