A new study warns that time spent by children and young adults on phones, gaming consoles, and other electronic devices may ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is the leading cause of premature death worldwide and is strongly linked to heart ...

Researchers in Tennessee have found a 5-million-year-old fossil deer, one of North America’s earliest, offering clues to the origins and resilience of a species that has thrived in Appalachian forests ...

A 26-million-year-old fossil from Victoria has unveiled a small, sharp-toothed whale that sheds new light on the origins of today’s baleen giants. With its large eyes, razor-sharp teeth, and compact ...

The study offers the first detailed look at how our gut bacteria digest these food additives, aided by natural polysaccharides found in our diets. Many everyday foods contain cellulose-based ...

Greenland’s melting glaciers feed ocean life, sparking blooms that could reshape ecosystems and the planet’s carbon balance.

The ATLAS collaboration has reported evidence for Higgs bosons decaying into muons and has enhanced the ability to detect ...

Protein evidence reveals hidden variation in P. robustus. The species may be more complex than once believed. For close to a ...

A Neanderthal AMPD1 variant still present in some Europeans lowers muscle efficiency and may hinder elite athletic ability.

These findings suggest that increasing leisure-time physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior may benefit epigenetic aging. A research team led by Takuji Kawamura of Tohoku University has ...

University of Utah geologists study reed-covered mounds that mark locations where ancient groundwater emerges at the surface. As water levels in the Great Salt Lake continue to drop, a new and unusual ...

NASA and France’s SWOT satellite has captured rare, detailed measurements of a tsunami generated by a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. This data, including wave ...