A newly concluded long-term study has reported that children whose parents have poor cardiometabolic health are more likely ...

How does a person’s sexual history affect their chances for long-term love? Research on partner numbers and timing can help parse this.

A recent study has shown that the human ancestral DNA plays a crucial role in defining an individual's longevity.

Every living being must cope with a changing world—summer gives way to winter, one year it floods and the next is a drought. It's obvious that populations of plants and animals must constantly face ...

Dwelling around 167 million years ago, the chimeric reptile was discovered along with 70 other prehistoric species.

First it was wine. Then it was weed. Now? Mushrooms. Microdosing psilocybin, the active compound in so-called “magic ...

Every kid deserves to think they're smart, regardless of their gender. Here's why little girls stop thinking they're smart around age six, and what can be done about it.

Repeated environmental changes can lead evolution in unexpected directions, and research from Vermont shows that studying a single population does not capture the full story of an entire species. All ...

For decades, aspartame has been marketed as a harmless shortcut to sweetness, a way to cut calories without consequences. Now ...

The backstory: The law began as Senate Bill 53, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, to ...

Four environmental conservation advocacy groups are vying for party status to the upcoming adjudicatory hearing for a proposed howitzer range in the town of Lewis. While the public can watch the ...

Colonial imagery often depicted Indians as recipients of instruction, like in this from 1866 depicting students from a ...