Modern humans carry DNA from two mysterious extinct lineages in addition to Neanderthals and Denisovans. Their hidden genetic ...

Scientists traced a mysterious surge of low-energy gamma rays from zinc-70 to magnetic changes occurring inside its nucleus.

New research challenges the decades-old idea that children experience an “adiposity rebound” when their BMI begins rising around age 6. Although BMI returns to earlier levels, a more reliable measure ...

A gene involved in the brain’s overnight cleaning system may change how strongly poor sleep affects Alzheimer’s-related brain changes. The findings point toward more personalized prevention strategies ...

A person’s sleeping brain may reveal warning signs of dementia long before memory problems begin. Researchers used machine learning to analyze EEG recordings from about 7,000 adults and found that an ...

Blood cancers that eventually worsen may carry detectable genetic warning signs years before patients develop serious ...

More than 150 years after Darwin’s finches helped reshape biology, Galápagos plants are exposing another evolutionary ...

A liquid brushed onto cavities in seconds may spare many young children from pain, infection, and surgery. A major U.S. trial ...

Christof Koch is taking on one of science’s deepest mysteries: how the brain creates conscious experience, or whether it ...

Taking a daily multivitamin may help older adults preserve the strength and stamina needed for everyday activities. After three years, users reported better functional health than those taking a ...

Signals traveling from the gut to the brain may help turn meals into lasting memories. Rats showed stronger memory activity ...

Europa’s hidden ocean has made the icy moon one of the solar system’s most promising places to search for habitable ...