A new study finds that high body weight and high blood pressure directly increase the risk of vascular related dementia.

A strange worm never seen before has been discovered in the Great Salt Lake, defying science and the local ecosystem.

Healthy diets can add years to life, even if your genes are not on your side. Small daily food choices may shape how well you live.

A new review shows nurse-led services deliver patient outcomes equal to doctors, helping hospitals expand care amid staffing shortages.

Scientists discover that lignin from wood may create safer, stronger sunscreen that lasts longer and reduces chemical absorption.

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.

Tiny plastic pellets may soon be classified as hazardous cargo, as frequent spills are polluting oceans and harming wildlife.

Researchers reveal Prototaxites, a giant Devonian fossil, was not a fungus or plant but a unique extinct lineage.

For decades, most scientists treated the spinal cord as little more than a biological cable. The brain gave orders, the ...

“Our research clearly demonstrates that the next major health emergency may not be a sudden new outbreak, but the steady ...

Iron ore describes any rock or mineral deposit that contains enough metallic iron to make extraction worthwhile. These rocks ...

Road salt becomes much more deadly to freshwater snails when predator stress is present, raising mortality rates.