While the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) brought together researchers and world leaders in Belém (PA) to discuss…

It’s a bright Thursday morning in Maceió, in eastern Brazil. Ruty Pereira has no shortage of tasks to keep her…

Geomagnetic storms brought the northern lights to much of the U.S. this week, painting the sky in vibrant hues of…

A new documentary from the British channel Channel 4, titled “Hitler’s DNA: The Blueprint of a Dictator,” revealed that Adolf…

The return to “standard time” is better for our health according to sleep scientists, but the time change can be…

That time of year has arrived again: many Americans adjusted their clocks and circadian rhythms as Daylight Saving Time ended…

Teens who start using cannabis before age 15 are more likely to use the drug often later in their lives.…

President Trump said on Thursday that the U.S. would begin testing nuclear weapons again for the first time in decades.…

Scientists are reporting the first compelling evidence in people that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that…

Doctors have long known that antidepressants come with side effects for cardiovascular and metabolic health. But a major analysis from…

Icelanders may be the last group of people on Earth to experience the pesky bite of a mosquito. This week,…

For the first time in almost two decades, the number of smokers in Brazil has increased, breaking the country’s historic…

When it comes to longevity, women are much more likely to outlive men. In the U.S., the gap widened to…

A new study suggests that quitting smoking – even in middle age or beyond – can slow cognitive decline. While…

Uruguay has just become the first country in South America to approve the legalization of euthanasia. The measure, known as…

The latest health craze to hit social media: magnesium lotion. Magnesium is an essential mineral that the body uses for…

By age 40, more than half of Americans have high blood pressure, but many are unaware of it. Hypertension has…

When new dietary guidelines are unveiled later this month, the Trump administration is expected to upend long-held advice on whole…

We tend to credit animals like cats and dogs with a certain degree of mental complexity. But fish aren’t usually…

Jane Goodall, a scientist whose studies of wild chimpanzees made her a household name, has died at the age of…

Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday could help women who are…

On Sept. 14, 2015, physicists attained the long-sought goal of detecting gravitational waves, the shockwaves spewed out by such cataclysmic…

An enormous capacity to capture carbon dioxide, a vital role in the distribution of rainfall, and the ability to register…

The accumulation of abdominal fat associated with muscle mass loss—a condition known as sarcopenic obesity—increases the risk of death by…

World leaders are preparing for their 15 minutes on the world stage as the United Nations General Assembly high-level week…

A long time ago, life left microscopic signatures on Mars — or did it? That’s the question NASA scientists have…

Nicholas Munkhbaatar started using ChatGPT shortly after the artificial intelligence chatbot was released in late 2022. He was 14 at…

A dinosaur that roamed modern-day Morocco more than 165 million years ago had a neck covered in three-foot long spikes,…

Surgically implanted devices that allow paralyzed people to speak can also eavesdrop on their inner monologue. That’s the conclusion of…