Simply choosing the stairs could have surprisingly big benefits for your heart and longevity. A large analysis involving more than 480,000 people found that regular stair climbers were 39% less likely ...

Women who used estrogen-only hormone therapy later in life were less likely to develop dementia and showed fewer signs of Alzheimer’s disease in their brains, according to a large study of more than ...

A surprising stress-related signal may help the brain repair itself after injury. Researchers found that myelin-producing precursor cells rapidly release the stress hormone CRH near damaged brain ...

Scientists have found that the AMOC may be far more vulnerable to rapid warming than to temperature alone. When warming happens slowly, the ocean can adapt, but at faster rates similar to today’s, the ...

Researchers have discovered that a gene linked to congenital heart disease acts like an architect for the heart cell’s DNA.

Ancient remains from Vietnam suggest diseases like yaws may have been passed from mother to child thousands of years ago, a ...

More than 5,000 years after his death, Ötzi the Iceman is still hosting a remarkable mix of ancient and modern microorganisms ...

Some black holes roaming the Universe today may actually be older than the Big Bang. A new cosmic “bounce” model suggests the ...

An intensive seven-day meditation retreat triggered striking changes across the brain and body, including shifts tied to ...

A 240-million-year-old reptile discovered in Brazil is revealing what evolution looked like just before the rise of dinosaurs ...

The rise of the potato in the Andes appears to have left a lasting mark on human DNA. Indigenous Peruvians carry ...

A study tracking more than 340,000 adults for over a decade found that heavy drinking increased the risk of death regardless ...