Running marathons is more popular than ever in the U.S., but a new study brings encouraging news: fewer runners are dying ...

In a breakthrough for smart materials, scientists from several top institutions have developed a new 3D printing method to ...

A team of scientists in South Korea has discovered a hidden problem that causes lithium-ion batteries to wear out faster—and they’ve found a simple way to stop it. These batteries are widely used in ...

Scientists have discovered a rare and beautiful new plant species hidden in the forests of eastern Peninsular Malaysia. Named ...

Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley have created the world’s smallest flying robot that can be controlled without any wires. This tiny insect-like machine is less than 1 centimeter ...

Venus, however, is a different story. Its crust is thicker—anywhere from 30 to 90 kilometers—and its surface is extremely hot ...

Plesiosaurs were long-necked reptiles that lived in the ocean during the time of the dinosaurs. While the area where this ...

A major new study from the UK has found that people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (T2D) face a higher risk of ...

A large new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has revealed that nearly one-third of breast cancer cases ...

A new University of Michigan study has found that a large majority of older adults believe health insurance—especially ...

Instead, the researchers say doctors should focus more on controlling systolic blood pressure. Systolic pressure is the top number in a blood pressure reading. It measures how much pressure the blood ...

Many older adults worry about memory loss and other changes in thinking as they age. Most of the time, these changes are mild and a normal part of getting older—such as occasionally forgetting names ...