Giant sequoias are built to withstand ordinary fires, but recent extreme wildfires killed thousands of trees that had ...

Researchers say a tiny one-eyed ancestor that lived nearly 600 million years ago may have shaped the evolution of every vertebrate eye, including our own. They also found that its ancient median eye ...

Scientists used CRISPR to make prostate cancer cells easier for the immune system to detect and destroy. The experimental ...

Scientists have identified a possible tipping point that helps determine whether Alzheimer’s-related brain changes lead to dementia. The key may lie in how the brain’s immune cells respond to plaques ...

Popular AI-powered food apps may make calorie counting easier, but they may also leave out a surprisingly large part of the meal. Four apps underestimated calories and fat by about one-third when ...

Scientists discovered that damaged fat cells can become inflamed, lose their ability to store lipids, and eventually vanish, disrupting the body’s metabolism. The findings show that diabetes can ...

A global shift toward healthier diets could sharply reduce livestock farming, free up agricultural land, and cut emissions ...

A prebiotic fiber supplement reduced knee osteoarthritis pain while also improving grip strength and pain sensitivity in a ...

A major long-term study linked coffee consumption with lower risks of cirrhosis, liver cancer, and death from liver disease.

Scientists expected SuperAgers might simply inherit fewer Alzheimer’s-related risks, but their genes looked much like those ...

Newer oral drugs related to semaglutide medications such as Ozempic reduced pleasure-driven eating in mice by quieting a deep ...

Cosmic expansion allows distant galaxies to move away faster than light, while still letting us see ancient light they ...