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Western diet may increase risk of vision loss in older people
Scientists from the University at Buffalo have found that people who follow a Western-style diet—high in red and processed meat, fried foods, refined grains,...
Walnuts could help reduce ‘bad’ blood cholesterol and high blood pressure
Scientists from Imo State University and other institutions have found that eating walnuts daily may help reduce “bad” blood cholesterol and high blood pressure.
Nuts...
Vegetarian diet may increase your depression risk, study finds
Scientists from Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences report that following a vegetarian diet may be linked to a higher risk of depression.
Depression is more...
The harm of vitamin D deficiency you need to know
Vitamin D is a critical nutrient for our bodies. Often referred to as the "sunshine vitamin," our bodies produce vitamin D naturally when our...
Tea and coffee may help lower your risk of stroke and dementia
Scientists from Tianjin Medical University have found that drinking tea and coffee is linked to lower risks of stroke and dementia.
Coffee and tea are...
Scientists find a diet that can treat fatty liver disease, obesity
A new study has found that an experimental high-protein, lower-carbohydrate diet or a medication called orlistat could help reduce liver fat in Asian patients...
Scientists ask AI to generate human bodies—and the results reveal clear biases
A new study from the University of Toronto has found that today’s artificial intelligence image generators often reproduce—and even exaggerate—common stereotypes about the human...
Earthquakes spark hidden life boom beneath Yellowstone, Study Finds
Nearly a third of Earth’s living mass exists underground, in dark environments where sunlight never reaches.
Instead of relying on photosynthesis, these deep-living microbes survive...
Scientists turn old clothes into super-strong cement
Researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in Lithuania have found an innovative way to turn unwanted clothing into something extremely useful: stronger, more...
Scientists capture ultra-rare, ultra-sharp images of powerful solar flares
Scientists have achieved something that almost never happens in solar research: they captured high-resolution images of an active region on the sun at the...
56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped...
Around 56 million years ago, Earth suddenly got much hotter.
Over about 5,000 years, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere drastically increased and global...
Scientists shrink OLEDs to nano-size, unlocking ultra-sharp displays
Researchers at ETH Zurich have created some of the smallest light-emitting diodes ever made—so tiny that thousands of them could fit inside a single...
Africa’s forests are now releasing more carbon than they absorb, scientists warn
Africa’s forests, once powerful natural defenders against climate change, have begun releasing more carbon dioxide than they capture, according to a major new study.
The...
Scientists discover key gene that may speed up aging
Scientists have discovered a gene that could play a major role in how we age.
This exciting finding might lead to new treatments that slow...
A simple daily habit can lower blood pressure and protect your heart
The American Heart Association (AHA) is encouraging doctors to help people with slightly high blood pressure or cholesterol become more active and spend less...
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Scientists find possible boiling oceans hidden beneath icy moons
Out in the cold, distant reaches of our solar system, many moons are wrapped in thick layers of ice.
At first glance, these worlds look...
Cosmic dust could help create life in space
Scientists have discovered that tiny particles of cosmic dust may play a much more important role in creating the building blocks of life than...
Scientists break key barrier to cheaper green hydrogen production
Hydrogen is often described as a clean fuel of the future.
It can power trucks, help make fertilizer, and store large amounts of energy from...
Why Earth has moving plates and Venus doesn’t
Scientists have taken an important step toward solving one of the biggest mysteries in planetary science: why Earth is covered in moving tectonic plates,...
Maybe Mars isn’t hiding liquid water under its south pole after all
For years, scientists have been intrigued by a mysterious signal coming from the icy south pole of Mars.
In 2018, a radar instrument called MARSIS,...