Women are nearly twice as likely as men to develop Alzheimer’s disease, a disparity that can’t be fully explained by longevity alone.

Psilocybin has slowed down the aging process in cells and mice. It may be able to scale up to humans and help slow diseases ...

A Ph.D. graduate student in biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, with a background in computer science and mathematics, ...

Researchers at Punjabi University have enhanced the global understanding of dragonfly chromosomes and DNA by studying the ...

The real reason some people don’t age well is that aging accelerators overwhelm their body’s repair capacity. By identifying and addressing these factors, you can shift from rapid decline to graceful ...

Nine thousand years ago, humans began domesticating cats. Nine hundred years ago, before the advent of intentional cat breeding, a genetic mutation gave rise to the first orange cat. Days ago, ...

A new report from the VITAL study—a large, long-term randomized clinical trial—has found that taking vitamin D supplements ...

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya secured a partial victory in her long legal battle over athletics sex eligibility rules on Thursday (Jul 10), as the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR ...

Male guppies that glow with more orange aren’t just fashion-forward — they’re also significantly more sexually active. A UBC study reveals that brighter coloration is linked to virility and is ...

Actress Keke Palmer is opening her purse and spilling her supplement secrets. In addition to housing SPF, a swath of $2 bills, freeze-dried miso soup, and contact lenses “because all the baddies are ...

When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell's nucleus, explaining why it must be ...