Comb jellies – very simple, gelatinous creatures best-known for their hypnotic underwater light shows – first appeared in ...

Athletes commonly use short periods of heat exposure – typically seven to 14 days – to prepare for competition in hot climates. But we wanted to know whether longer-term heat exposure, over four to ...

One positive finding from the study is that when mice on a high-fat diet went back to eating normally, the bacteria appeared to drop below detectable levels in the brain – suggesting that whatever ...

Ancient humans were surprisingly creative, structured, and geometrical in their thinking some 60,000 years ago, according to some intricately engraved ostrich eggshells found across southern Africa.

Vitamin C is one of the most iconic nutrients in popular health culture, often credited with preventing colds, boosting immunity, and even fighting serious diseases.

A coffee hit might be more commonly associated with increased alertness, but a new study shows that it could also help lower ...

A study finds a surprising bonus benefit of the keto diet; CERN discovers a new particle; a worrying trend uncovered in US ...

For thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on drinking water that would make most people deathly ill.

Paraxanthine, a compound the body naturally produces when it breaks down caffeine, is starting to appear in energy drinks and ...

After 88 years, the world's longest study on happiness is still going strong. In 1938, scientists at Harvard University put ...

A new immunotherapy drug has demonstrated early promise in a recent prostate cancer clinical trial. The drug, called VIR-5500, is a "masked T-cell engager". This type of immunotherapy ignites our own ...

A gaping hole was left on a small island in the Pacific Ocean when the United States military released an 18-kiloton nuclear ...