Traces of a previously unknown group of people, genetically distinct from their neighbors, have persisted for at least 8,000 ...

We don't yet have a cure for dementia, but we do have a growing list of factors that may influence risk – including exercise, ...

What's good for your aging gut may also be good for your aging brain. A first-of-its-kind study in twins found that taking ...

Our Solar System orbits the galactic center at an estimated 792,000 kilometers per hour, taking 225 million Earth years to ...

A strange phenomenon thought to only exist near the Sun has been detected in Earth's magnetic field for the first time.

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The Milky Way contains more than 100 billion stars, each following its own evolutionary path through birth, life, and ...

A resident of Washington state has died after contracting a rare strain of bird flu previously only reported in animals, ...

It is a scientific consensus that water once flowed on Mars, and that it had a denser atmosphere, meaning that it was once habitable.

A black seed, long used in cooking and traditional medicine, has shown promise in lowering cholesterol levels in a new ...

A new pill for treating dementia is delivering promising "topline" results in early-stage clinical trials, according to a recent press release by its makers.

Although we humans have changed our environment in many ways during the past few thousand years, we are still changed by ...