“What the climate can do to the human body can be very perplexing,” said Mary Ellen O’Toole, a former FBI agent, whose ...

The University of North Texas Health Science Center turned to alkaline hydrolysis to save money on cremations of human ...

SINGAPORE – The mating habits of pandas, rhinoceroses and wombats, the relative sizes of hominid baby heads versus birth ...

Why is human culture -- the shared body of knowledge passed down across generations -- so much more powerful than animal cultures?

President-elect Trump’s appointee as US health secretary had parts of the country’s food industry in his crosshairs during ...

New research exploring the roots of modern Japanese populations has linked the genetic signature of Jomon hunter-gatherers to a higher body mass index (BMI) among individuals, underlining that ancient ...

It's common knowledge that our brains—and, specifically, our brain cells—store memories. But a team of scientists has ...

Stories on the discovery of vital fluid-transport systems in the human body are among the winners of the 2024 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards. Winning journalists also did immersive stories on ...

For Science Week, we’re hearing from some Irish-based researchers about this year’s theme of regeneration, including Dr Carol ...

The innovation allows researchers to identify whether someone visited the beach, deboarded at a nearby train station or took ...

The eerie site, which served a community for over a century, now appears frozen in time from the moment it was deserted - ...

Light as a healing tool remains part science and part mystery. Ancient practices using sunlight laid the groundwork for a field that has now evolved into sophisticated therapies for both mental and ...