Our bodies create vitamin D when ultraviolet rays in sunlight convert a protein called 7-dehydrocholesterol in the skin into ...

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To answer a question or ask a new one, email [email protected] Between 50,000 and 100,000 tonnes of light gases such ...

Using a suction device to stretch the skin seems to increase its permeability and stimulate immune cells, which could allow ...

A fossil from about 108 million years ago reveals an early member of the pachycephalosaurs, a group of dinosaurs with bizarre ...

While most countries have seen a steady decline in suicide rates, the United States has witnessed the opposite, with suicides ...

There are more centenarians now than ever before. But more must be done to address inequalities that prevent people from ...

The photos tell an unusual rescue story – the release of the critically endangered Javan slow lorises into Ujung Kulon ...

This is the first quantum computer fully built using standard silicon chip manufacturing techniques – a step towards the mass ...

Ian McEwan’s excellent What We Can Know is set in a UK largely swallowed up by rising seas. Emily H. Wilson explores the ...

Taking care of your body’s nutritional needs after training doesn't have to be a headache. Grace Wade sums up three key ...