Trending News
Latest Reports
Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed, study shows
For over 100 years, Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been seen as irreversible. Because of this, most treatments have focused on slowing the disease, not...
Fitness trackers could help detect sleep apnea and high blood pressure
Over 70 million Americans wear fitness trackers to monitor steps, sleep, and heart rate. A new study suggests these popular devices could soon do...
Why heart attack deaths spike during the holidays
Most people think of the holidays as a time of joy, family, and celebration. But research shows that the last week of December can...
Why the same galaxy can grow or decline—It depends on its neighbor
Galaxies may look serene from afar, but their lives are shaped by powerful internal structures and by the neighbors they keep.
A new study led...
Your laundry is polluting the ocean—Scientists say this new filter can help
Every time we wash our clothes, tiny plastic fibers are released into the water.
These fibers come mainly from synthetic fabrics such as polyester, nylon...
A battery without an anode could nearly double electric vehicle driving range
Imagine driving an electric vehicle from Seoul to Busan and back on a single charge, or no longer worrying about reduced battery performance during...
Scientists crack 1.4-billion-year-old salt crystals to reveal Earth’s ancient air
More than a billion years before dinosaurs—and long before plants and animals—Earth looked very different.
In what is now northern Ontario, a shallow, salty lake...
Your heart has its own ‘mini-brain’, study finds
New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Columbia University in the United States has revealed something surprising about the heart: it has its...
Some plant-based foods may raise heart disease risk
A new study from France shows that eating more plant-based foods isn’t always better for your heart—especially if those foods are ultra-processed.
The research was...
Chronic pain may quietly raise your high blood pressure risk
Chronic pain is something many adults live with every day. It can come from the back, neck, hips, knees, stomach, or even the whole...
Any reduction in alcohol drinking can lower your cancer risk
Most people understand that smoking is harmful and can cause cancer. What fewer people know is that alcohol can do the same thing. Just...
Acid-reducing diet leads to 13-pound weight loss in just 16 weeks
A new study has found that a low-fat vegan diet helps reduce the body’s acid load and leads to weight loss—more effectively than the...
New test could help detect Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear
A team of researchers at Northern Arizona University (NAU) is working on a new way to find signs of Alzheimer’s disease earlier.
This method could...
How low should blood pressure go?
High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is one of the most common health problems in the world. It affects millions of people and...
These 3 things strongly increase heart attack risk in holidays
Eat, drink and enjoy the outdoors and family gatherings—in moderation, say those who see an increase in heart emergencies during the holiday season.
Cardiac emergencies...
Week's Top
Editors Picks
This shape-shifting wheel could help robots explore the moon’s hidden caves
Exploring the Moon’s surface is challenging enough, but reaching what lies beneath it is even harder.
Deep pits and long lava tubes on the Moon...
Why Saturn’s moon Titan might be less oceanic—and more complex—than thought
For years, scientists believed that Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, hid a vast ocean of liquid water beneath its thick, icy shell.
This idea made Titan...
Why sodium-ion batteries could charge faster than lithium ones
As the world moves toward cleaner energy and electric technologies, better batteries are becoming more important than ever.
Batteries power everything from phones and laptops...
Why most exoplanets are magma worlds
In astronomy, there is a concept called “degeneracy”.
It has nothing to do with delinquent people, but instead is used to describe data that could...
The first alien civilization we encounter will be extremely loud
For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are dominated by several recurrent...