A strange phenomenon thought to only exist near the Sun has been detected in Earth's magnetic field for the first time.

What's good for your aging gut may also be good for your aging brain. A first-of-its-kind study in twins found that taking ...

A black seed, long used in cooking and traditional medicine, has shown promise in lowering cholesterol levels in a new ...

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We don't yet have a cure for dementia, but we do have a growing list of factors that may influence risk – including exercise, ...

Traces of a previously unknown group of people, genetically distinct from their neighbors, have persisted for at least 8,000 ...

Our Solar System orbits the galactic center at an estimated 792,000 kilometers per hour, taking 225 million Earth years to ...

A new pill for treating dementia is delivering promising "topline" results in early-stage clinical trials, according to a recent press release by its makers.

A resident of Washington state has died after contracting a rare strain of bird flu previously only reported in animals, ...

The Milky Way contains more than 100 billion stars, each following its own evolutionary path through birth, life, and ...

Although we humans have changed our environment in many ways during the past few thousand years, we are still changed by ...

Scientists have just discovered an incredible superpower hidden away in the tissues of the fern Blechnum orientale, a plant ...