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Scientists Warn Some Earth Pathogens May Survive a Journey to Mars

Could microbes from Earth survive on other worlds? New research suggests that the answer may be yes. Ph.D. candidate Tommaso Zaccaria studied whether tiny organisms...

Going Completely Sugar-Free May Harm Your Health

Many health experts encourage people to reduce their intake of added sugar. Too much sugar has been linked to obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart...

Common Drugs May Cool the Body and Protect the Brain after A Stroke

Our bodies work hard to keep everything in balance. Body temperature, fluid levels, and many chemical processes are carefully controlled so our organs can...

Shingles Shot Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in Older People

Scientists have spent decades trying to understand why some people develop dementia while others remain mentally sharp into very old age. Although age and genetics...

FDA Approves Another Easy-to-Use Opioid Overdose Rescue Spray

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new over-the-counter medicine designed to reverse opioid overdoses. The product, called Rextovy, is a naloxone nasal...

Could a Popular Weight-Loss Drug Also Protect Bones?

Weight-loss medicines have transformed the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Among these medications, semaglutide has attracted enormous attention because it helps many...

Three Genes That May Connect Autism, ADHD, Schizophrenia, and Other Brain Disorders

For many years, scientists have studied mental health and brain development disorders one by one. Conditions such as autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar...

Ingredients in Packaged Foods May Increase Heart Disease Risk

Modern life has made packaged and ready-to-eat foods a normal part of everyday eating. Many people rely on convenience foods because they save time and...

A Tiny Sensor Could Control Blood Sugar Better in Type 2 Diabetes

For decades, managing type 2 diabetes has relied heavily on medications, healthy eating, exercise, and regular blood sugar testing. While these strategies remain essential, many...

Anxiety in men can appear in unexpected ways

Anxiety is a universal feeling, something anyone can experience at any age. But anxiety is different for adult men, psychologists who study men’s mental health...

After Cardiac Arrest, She’s Moving Forward Thanks to Granddaughter’s CPR

After a dinner together at their Virginia home, Elizabeth Jackson and her daughter’s family went to the living room and settled in to watch...

These Genes Could Nearly Double the Risk of Dangerous Blood Clots

Scientists in Sweden have identified three genetic changes that can greatly increase a person's risk of developing blood clots in the legs, a condition...

Popular Blood Pressure Drug May Increase Risk of Dangerous Side Effects

Millions of people around the world live with high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. When blood pressure stays too high for many years, it...

Could an Eye Disease Be an Early Warning Sign of Alzheimer’s?

A new study from Taichung Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan has found that people with a particular type of eye disease may have a...

Marijuana Use Is Linked to Changes in Human DNA

Marijuana, also known as cannabis, has become increasingly popular in the United States and many other parts of the world. As laws have changed,...

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Lava planet has hydrogen-rich, active atmosphere

It’s 2158, and you’re chugging away on your PhD in Planetary Volcanology from the University of Utopia Planitia on Mars. Graduate students still get...

Astronomers detect the fuel for star formation in some of the universe’s earliest galaxies

Astronomers have made a major breakthrough by directly detecting the gas that fueled star formation in some of the universe’s earliest galaxies. The discovery offers...

Swallowable ‘blueberry’ sensor could transform how we monitor body temperature

A tiny electronic sensor that can be swallowed like a pill may soon provide one of the most accurate ways to measure body temperature. Engineers...

Ancient stellar debris is still falling on Earth after 100 million years, study finds

Tiny traces of material from a giant cosmic explosion are still falling to Earth more than 100 million years after the event occurred, according...

How drones could leap from water into the air like birds and rays

Watching a seabird burst out of the ocean or a mobula ray launch itself into the air makes the transition from water to sky...