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A surprising microbe in your gut — one that makes methane — may change how many calories your body extracts from food, e...

Protein shakes and powdered supplements have become everyday staples for gym-goers and busy consumers alike. But a recen...

Scientists reanalyzing archival data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have uncovered fresh, compelling evidence that Satur...

A new large review in The BMJ highlights aerobic activities — walking, cycling, swimming — as the most effective exercis...

A newly identified dinosaur named Khankhuuluu — literally “dragon prince” in Mongolian — offers the clearest glimpse yet...

New research led by Rutgers University shows modern sea level rise is accelerating faster than at any time in the last f...

A new study suggests a surprising link between lifestyle and oral disease: combining regular physical exercise with omeg...

Is staying mentally agile as we grow older realistic — or just wishful thinking? Recent research in cognitive neuroscien...

A compact, unseen mass roughly a million times the mass of the Sun has been detected embedded in a galaxy whose light tr...

As dementia diagnoses climb with an ageing global population, a growing body of research suggests that a surprising shar...

New measurements of the Kuiper Belt plane reveal an unexpected 15-degree tilt among objects orbiting well beyond Neptune...

Invisible to our ears but powerful in the clinic, focused ultrasound is emerging as a noninvasive way to treat brain dis...

New research indicates that a surprisingly large number of people who recovered from COVID-19 may now be living with red...

Imagine a virtual version of yourself that learns from your sleep patterns, heart rate and daily behaviour — not just to...

Researchers report a small engineered peptide that keeps the Parkinson's-linked protein alpha-synuclein in its normal sh...

Why do scientists still argue over which planets appeared first in our solar system? More than four decades of meteorite...

Atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations surged to unprecedented levels in 2024, pushing global warming risks higher an...

Salterella is a tiny, oddball fossil from the early Cambrian that is forcing scientists to rethink how the first animals...

Tiny glass fragments uncovered in South Australia point to a violent asteroid strike roughly 11 million years ago — an e...

Deep within Earth's crust, temperatures exceeding 900°C rewired the planet’s chemistry and mechanics, producing the firs...