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Certain Processed Grains May Raise the Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory bowel disease, often called IBD, is a chronic condition that causes inflammation in the digestive tract. The two main forms of IBD are...

The Surprising Amount of Strength Training That May Help You Live Longer

Many people know that regular exercise is good for health, but there is often confusion about how much exercise is needed and which type...

Why Moderate Amount of Carbs in Your Diet Could Best for Your Heart Health

For years, low-carbohydrate diets have been among the most popular approaches to weight loss and healthy living. Millions of people have cut back on bread,...

The Surprising Link Between Diabetes and Tooth Loss

When most people think about the complications of diabetes, they usually think about vision problems, kidney disease, nerve damage, or heart disease. Dentists and doctors,...

Could Alzheimer’s Disease Start With Mutated Immune Cells? New Research Reveals an Unexpected Clue

For many years, scientists have searched for the causes of Alzheimer’s disease. Most attention has focused on abnormal protein deposits that build up inside...

Scientists create a water-based material that stores solar energy like a living system

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a remarkable new material that can capture energy, store it for months, use it when needed, and then...

Consciousness may exist beyond humans, animals, and even Earth

Could consciousness exist in alien life forms that look nothing like us? Could it even appear in machines? According to a new paper by philosophers...

Cosmic “galaxy-killing wind” may explain why some galaxies died so young

Astronomers have discovered a powerful “galaxy-killing wind” in the early universe that may help solve one of the biggest mysteries in modern astronomy: why...

California’s “earthquake gate” may be under more stress than ever, scientists warn

Scientists have discovered that a major earthquake zone in Southern California may be carrying more built-up stress than at any time in the past...

A lack of sex may have delayed the explosion of life, study finds

For millions of years, some of Earth's earliest animals barely changed. They lived, grew, and spread across the seafloor, but evolution seemed stuck in slow...

Parkinson’s Drug May Help Treat Tough Depression

Depression is often described as persistent sadness, but for many people the illness goes much deeper than feeling unhappy. One of the most painful...

Flu Drugs Show Promise Against Cognitive Decline

Over the past few decades, HIV has changed from a deadly disease into a manageable long-term condition for many people. Modern treatments can suppress the...

Eating Some Carbs Could Lower Heart Disease Risk and Keep ‘Bad’ Cholesterol Down

Carbohydrates have become one of the most controversial topics in nutrition. For decades, diet trends have encouraged people to avoid foods such as bread,...

That Ringing in Your Ears May Be an Early Warning Sign of Hearing Loss

Many people think hearing loss happens very slowly and is simply an unavoidable part of growing older. Because the changes often happen gradually, it can...

Can a Few Days of Eating Less Help Fight Gum Disease?

Gum disease is one of the most common health problems in the world, yet many people do not realize how serious it can become. Early...

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Palm oil waste could be turned into electricity, fuel, and carbon-storing biochar

A new waste-to-energy approach could help palm oil mills turn large amounts of agricultural waste into valuable products such as electricity, industrial fuel, and...

Rare Sahara meteorite uncovers a hidden planet from the early solar system

A rare meteorite found in the Sahara Desert has revealed evidence of a giant ancient world that once existed in our solar system but...

Archaeologists discover 77 headless skeletons in a 7,000-year-old farming village

A remarkable archaeological discovery in Slovakia is changing what scientists thought they knew about life and death in some of Europe’s earliest farming communities. Since...

Astronomers discover the earliest flickering black hole ever seen

Astronomers have discovered the earliest known flickering quasar, a powerful object powered by a supermassive black hole. The discovery is helping scientists learn more about...

An ancient Amazonian world revealed from the sky

From the air, you see it only through the constant jolt, tilt, and shudder of the low-flying Cessna aircraft. The landscape of the Llanos de...