Gut microbiota influences the ability to lose weight in humans, according to new research.

The ability of cognitive control allows humans to override the brain’s impulses and also plays a role in making moral decisions.

Chatting with a robot is now part of many families' daily lives, thanks to conversational agents such as Apple's Siri or Amazon's Alexa.

The study provides strong evidence for the manufacture of clothing as far back as 120,000 years ago.

Most of the cells in our bodies – be they bone, muscle or pancreas cells – are locked into the right place with the help of tiny anchors.

A new study at Tel Aviv University found that eosinophils - a type of white blood cells - are recruited to the battle against cancer.

A giant fossilized penguin discovered by New Zealand school children has been revealed as a new species in a peer-reviewed journal.

Men’s sleep may be more powerfully influenced by the lunar cycle than women’s, according to a new study from Uppsala University

Researchers show that an enzyme complex named HTC (hydride transfer complex) can inhibit cells from aging.

Exciting new research has revealed that a drop in atmospheric carbon dioxide caused a dramatic cooling 133 million years ago

An international collaboration has identified what may be the oldest work of art, a sequence of hand and footprints discovered in Tibet.

Unexplained results from the XENON1T experiment may have been caused by dark energy, and not the dark matter the experiment tried to detect.

Today, more than 10 percent of all global marriages occur among first or second cousins. Ancient humans rarely chose their cousins as mates.

LEARNER allows health data from many sources to be used to train an AI model without actually sharing any of the sensitive data.

Study links healthy plant-based foods with lower risks of getting of COVID-19 and of having severe disease after infection.

People with asthma given access to a popular mindfulness app improved symptoms and quality of life after just three months.

A rookie treasure hunter using his new metal detector for the first time has unearthed one of the largest ever hauls of pre-Viking gold.

Titanokorys was a giant compared to most animals that lived in the seas at that time, most of which barely reached the size of a finger.

Statistics from the CDC show that obesity affects more than 40% of American adults, placing them at higher risk for heart disease and stroke

An antioxidant drug reverses atherosclerosis and could be used to prevent heart attacks and strokes due to clots.