Wormholes are often imagined as tunnels through space or time — shortcuts across the universe. But this image rests on a ...

What does flavor really mean? And how does it work? In this episode, Joe visits a flavor chemistry lab to meet a master ...

The new Dietary Guidelines have been announced. They recommend that Americans of all ages eat animal protein, dairy, ...

Obesity causes hypertension. Hypertension causes cardiovascular disease. And cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of ...

Playing video games for more than 10 hours a week could have a significant impact on young people’s diet, sleep and body ...

One of the most vivid portraits of “reborn” black hole activity – likened to the eruption of a “cosmic volcano” spreading ...

Modern physics has a problem. Its two main pillars are quantum theory and Einstein’s theory of general relativity, yet these ...

In Jervis Bay, off the coast of southwest Australia, octopuses have built two separate cities, which scientists nicknamed ...

Huntington’s disease (HD) has long been impossible to cure, but new research is finally giving fresh hope. HD is a ...

For decades, scientists have been counting annual growth rings—similar to tree rings—inside fossilized leg bones of ...

Inside the body, a 24-hour rhythm, known as the circadian rhythm, quietly coordinates when we sleep, wake, eat and recover.

A recent study of more than 2,000 early-career adults found that young people whose parents were still very closely involved ...