Type 2 diabetes is not necessarily a lifelong diagnosis or a disease that gets progressively worse over time. Today, there is strong evidence to suggest that the risk of developing this metabolic ...

Plenty of people like to start their day with a cup of tea or coffee, but the temperature of your preferred beverage could matter a lot more than you realize. That 2016 finding followed evidence that ...

Tiny fragments of plastic are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, particularly through our food and drink. But research suggests there is something you can actually do ...

Quantum computers have an inconvenient problem: they're magnificently efficient at making mistakes. These marvelous machines could one day solve problems that would bring even the most powerful ...

An estimated 22 million Americans currently use cannabis as a form of sleep aid, and almost one in four says they're likely to try the drug to help them sleep. But despite the widespread view that ...

For farmers working sandy ground, watering is only part of the job. Water drains quickly through the gaps between grains, while wind can carry the loose sand away. Keeping plants alive means holding ...

You might think axolotls don't have a lot going on. These strange amphibians seem to spend their days languidly lolling around muddy waters, only stirring when it's time for snacks – simple creatures ...

The Sun at the center of our own Solar System is a great advert for nuclear fusion: ultra-high temperatures and pressures combining to fuse hydrogen nuclei together into helium nuclei, releasing a ...

In the southern constellation of Fornax lies a tiny patch of sky just like any other. Your eyes may have brushed past it a hundred times without a thought. Yet this otherwise unremarkable speck of the ...

It started as a supplement for athletes, and now scientists are investigating the benefits of creatine for more than just muscle.

Scientists have discovered a mysterious rock in eastern Papua New Guinea that traveled to the underworld roughly 4.4 million years ago.

Corals cannot survive long without the algae that live inside their bodies. But under stress from factors like heat, pollution, and UV exposure, these algae can become toxic to the coral, which evicts ...