Shigella causes about 450,000 U.S. infections each year. An experimental oral vaccine protected adults in a small human trial ...

Humans could learn from chimpanzees and bonobos, who turn to group members for physical comfort during tense moments.

But a new documentary series tells a different story: one about survivors. Pompeii: Out of Time, hosted by actor Tom ...

A small study suggests emotional fit, not perfect accuracy, may make chatbot versions of dead loved ones feel real.

Scientists recovered ancient human DNA from cave walls for the first time. Refined, the method could help link prehistoric ...

A new generation of therapies aims to intervene at a recently discovered gap between the disease’s molecular march and its ...

In 2021, local journalists reported that the University of Pennsylvania had been keeping human remains from the ...

The Euclid space telescope discovery could help researchers understand how black holes grew so massive so quickly in the ...

Astronomers found a helium atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet — a good sign for the search for life outside the solar system ...

Clinical trial results show an experimental drug lowered tau levels in the brain and slowed some memory loss, but the data ...

A Maya calendar formula bears the name Sak Tahn Waax, the first known Classic Maya mathematician-astronomer directly credited ...

The HER Salt Lake Contraceptive Initiative’s approach, which centered the user and made refills easy, meant all types of ...