Running fights junk food’s mental toll—healing the gut, balancing hormones, and protecting the brain.

Men’s drinking isn’t just personal — it’s a global public health crisis devastating women and children. A new global review led by La Trobe University has drawn attention to the often-overlooked ...

Scientists may have found a safer way to make cells burn more calories—by turning up the heat inside our cellular power plants.

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways associated with differences in brain size and cognitive function A new study sug ...

Researchers have identified a previously unknown inflammatory mechanism that may drive the aggressiveness and relapse of small cell lung cancer. Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is among the most ...

A large-scale analysis of 117 mammal species found that preventing reproduction is associated with longer lifespans, suggesting a strong link between reproductive activity and life expectancy. Why do ...

Scientists have uncovered shockingly high levels of microscopic plastic particles in the air over major cities, far exceeding previous estimates. The discovery suggests airborne plastics play a much ...

A new chip-based quantum memory uses 3D-printed “light cages” to store light in atomic vapor with high precision. Quantum ...

Scientists have identified a strange cosmic relic called Cloud-9 — a starless, gas-filled object dominated by dark matter.

Analysis of core samples extracted from beneath an ice sheet indicates that the region is extremely responsive to the temperatures characteristic of today’s interglacial period. Researchers involved ...

Scientists discovered that aging DNA repeats expand at wildly different speeds—and in some people, the consequences can be devastating. A sweeping genetic study drawing on data from more than 900,000 ...

A new JSTAT study shows how to compute the minimum energy cells use to sustain certain metabolic pathways while suppressing ...