Paraxanthine, a compound the body naturally produces when it breaks down caffeine, is starting to appear in energy drinks and ...

After 88 years, the world's longest study on happiness is still going strong. In 1938, scientists at Harvard University put ...

A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have brought us to a major turning point in our evolutionary journey.

For instance, many people with endometriosis experience debilitating fatigue, cognitive difficulties (such as "brain fog") and widespread pain. These symptoms are rarely emphasised in clinical ...

For thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on drinking water that would make most people deathly ill.

Scientists discovered GLP-1 mimics like Ozempic by way of the Gila monster, and now, a metabolite in python blood is also showing promise for future weight loss treatments – potentially minus some of ...

A gaping hole was left on a small island in the Pacific Ocean when the United States military released an 18-kiloton nuclear blast in 1958, known as the 'Cactus' test.

UK health authorities are probing 27 cases linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak believed to have spread at a nightclub in southeast England.

The rapid climate change we are experiencing today is mainly driven by the greenhouse gases we humans keep releasing into the ...

It's been known for some time that psychological stress can make eczema (atopic dermatitis) worse, but it hasn't been clear ...

"Our findings lay the groundwork for a systems-level understanding of human aging through the lens of proteins," the researchers write.

Far away, alone in a crater on a planet inhabited only by robots, NASA's Perseverance rover explores a dry landscape that was ...