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Sticking to the Same Daily Schedule Could Reduce Pain and Improve Mental Health
Many people think healthy ageing depends mainly on eating well and exercising.
While those habits are important, researchers now believe that something much simpler may...
The Truth About Harmful Effects of Processed Foods
Ultra-processed foods have become one of the biggest topics in nutrition. Many people now check food labels mainly to see how processed a product...
The Hidden Reason Exercise Keeps Older Muscles Strong
Why does exercise seem almost like medicine for aging muscles? Scientists may now have a much clearer answer.
A new study from Duke-NUS Medical School...
A Promising Treatment for Dangerous Brian Disease in Women
Finding effective treatments for progressive supranuclear palsy has been one of the biggest challenges in brain disease research.
A fresh analysis by scientists at Tel...
Scientists Develop Coconut Jet Fuel That Works in Existing Turbine Engines
Air travel may one day get a little greener thanks to an unlikely fuel source: coconuts.
Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have developed a biofuel...
MIT’s New Excavator Controller Could Help Beginners Dig Like Experts
Anyone who has struggled with an arcade claw machine knows that controlling a mechanical arm is not as easy as it looks.
Excavator operators face...
Lost Mega-Cliff May Explain the Grand Canyon’s Missing Billion Years
A gigantic line of cliffs may once have stretched for thousands of kilometers across ancient North America, helping erase more than a billion years...
Mysterious Gravitational Waves May Be Echoes of Ancient Dark Stars
A faint gravitational-wave signal spreading across the universe may contain clues about mysterious stars that existed more than 13 billion years ago, according to...
Hidden Stars Reveal Early Galaxies Were Far Bigger Than We Thought
Some of the earliest massive galaxies in the universe may be hiding enormous numbers of small, faint stars, suggesting they contain much more mass...
Bladder Infection May Deepen Memory Problems
A urinary tract infection may make memory problems worse after a traumatic brain injury, according to new research in mice.
The study raises an important...
Pomegranate Compound May Help Treat Heart Failure
A compound connected with foods such as pomegranates and walnuts could point scientists toward a new treatment for one of the most stubborn forms...
The Kind of Exercise You Do May Matter for Dementia
Moving your body is generally good for your health, but new research suggests that all physical activity may not have the same relationship with...
Birth Order May Profoundly Affect Your Health
Parents often notice differences between their first and second child and wonder whether birth order really matters.
A massive new study suggests it may be...
Can Tap Water Increase Uterine Cancer Risk?
A long-running study suggests that chemicals formed during drinking water disinfection may play a role in uterine cancer risk.
Scientists tracked more than 53,000 California...
Why Some People Develop Irregular Heartbeat Decades Earlier
Scientists are moving closer to predicting who may develop dangerous heart rhythm problems years before symptoms begin.
In a new study published in Nature Communications,...
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Scientists Turn Human Urine into a Chemical That Could Help Store Energy
Human urine might seem like an unlikely ingredient for making chemicals used in energy storage.
But researchers in Australia have developed a new method that...
Galactic archaeologists find stars in the Milky Way came from another galaxy 12 billion...
Look up on a dark night and the Milky Way appears as a calm band of stars across the sky. But our galaxy has...
Astronomers Discover a Mysterious New Object Called a ‘Black Hole Star’
Astronomers may have discovered an entirely new kind of object in the early universe: something that looks like an enormous star but is powered...
Why Drought Can Actually Make Some Diseases More Dangerous
Drought might seem like bad news for diseases that depend on water.
After all, if lakes, ponds and wetlands shrink or disappear, parasites that need...
Giant Crocodylians Ruled South America’s Food Chain 10 Million Years Ago
More than 10 million years ago, parts of South America looked very different from today.
During the Miocene epoch, a huge system of lakes, rivers...