Poverty is the main reason people sell a kidney but there are other factors, and regional variation. A systematic review of 35 years of global medical literature finds a spectrum of reasons why people ...

The sharpest infrared images to date of Horsehead Nebula. This image showcases three views of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies, the Horsehead Nebula. The first image (left), released ...

New study sheds light on the debate surrounding two types of shoulder replacement surgery for osteoarthritis. Anatomical and reverse total shoulder replacements. Anatomical total shoulder ...

Canoes from Italy reveal early development of advanced nautical technology. Excavation of Canoe 5. Image Credit: Gibaja et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 More than 7,000 years ago, people navigated ...

Young adults are likelier to believe sun protection and skin cancer prevention myths. According to a survey from the Orlando Health Cancer Institute, a third (32%) of Americans believe that a tan ...

1st addition to sukashiyuri group in 110 years. Among the characteristics differentiating this lily from other sukashiyuri are its leaves, which curve almost like a claw at the tips. Credit: Osaka ...

To understand cognition — and its dysfunction — neuroscientists must learn its rhythms. Cognition, an emergent property in the brain, relies on the flexible organization of neural activity. According ...

The study reported beneficial effects after only four days of use. Berries and cranberries are linked to several health advantages, mainly due to their high concentration of polyphenols or tannins.

Happy and calm adolescents have lower anxiety and higher optimism than adults. Researchers find that adolescents with high positive affect may have improved physical and mental health as adults. Image ...

Enceladus spills its guts through strike–slip motion. Above the South Pole, jets at Saturn’s moon Enceladus shoot ice crystals into a vast plume along four separate fractures known as “tiger stripes.” ...

95% of the universe is dark and invisible to the eye. For a long time, physicists have conjectured that there might be more to our cosmos than meets the eye. They have conjectured the existence of ...

People with low income or education levels may benefit from screening for alcohol-related conditions. Researchers explore how educational attainment and income level correlate with the risk of ...