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Taking Vitamin D Daily Might Actually Slow Down Aging at the Cellular Level

A new clinical trial suggests vitamin D slows cellular aging by preserving telomere length.

This Baby’s One-in-a-Million Genetic Disorder Had No Cure. So Scientists Designed One Just for Him

The first personalized CRISPR therapy saved a child’s life. Can it save others too?

The Eyes Really Are the Window to the Mind and This Study Proves It

The size of your pupils may reveal just how clearly you remember something.

Bird Flu Is Killing Cats and Is on a Dangerous Path Toward Humans

An under-monitored feline epidemic could be the spark for the next human pandemic.

Researchers create contact lenses that let you see in the dark, even with your eyes closed

Humans might soon be able to see in the dark — or even through their eyelids.

Your Perfume Could Be Disrupting Your Body's Chemical Force Field

Perfume might not be good for you after all.

Urologist Explains What Biden’s 'Aggressive' Prostate Cancer Means

Doctors examine a tumor in several different ways to determine whether a cancer is aggressive – and what kinds of treatments, if any, might work best.

Professional Bodybuilders Are Five Times More Likely to Die Suddenly Than Amateurs. Yes, it's Because of the Drugs

Bodybuilding at the professional level has a high cardiac cost.

Common Cold Sore Virus May Mess With Your Brain Decades Later (and Cause Alzheimer's)

This virus infects roughly two-thirds of the global population under 50.

This Injectable Ink Lets Doctors 3D Print Tissues Inside the Body Using Only Ultrasound

New 3D printing technique makes it possible to heal injuries and damaged tissues from inside without surgery.

Scientists Gave a Mouse a Stretch of Human DNA and Its Brain Grew 6% Bigger

A single DNA enhancer may help explain the human brain’s extraordinary size and complexity.

Scientists Close to Finding Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA Using a 21-Generation Family Tree

Bridging five centuries to explore the DNA of one of history’s most enigmatic minds.

Doctors Warn That Bringing Your Phone to the Bathroom Could Backfire in a Painful Way

Smartphone use while pooping linked to higher hemorrhoid risk, survey suggests

Scientists Just Discovered What Happens in Your Brain During an Eureka Moment

Sudden epiphanies may double memory by reorganizing the brain

This Superbug Learned How to Feed on Plastic from Hospitals

Hospitals might be unknowingly feeding their worst microbial enemies.

Patients on Weight Loss Drugs Like Wegovy May Say They Just Don’t Want to Drink Anymore

Researchers discover semaglutide and liraglutide cut drinking by two-thirds in real-world trial

RFK Jr, Nation’s Top Health Official, Refuses to Recommend the Measles Vaccine, Says 'I Don’t Think People Should Be Taking Medical Advice from Me'

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won’t say whether he’d vaccinate his kids today.

The key to healthy aging? Just eat different types of carbs

Fiber-rich, whole plant foods are the star of the show.

More People Are Dying from Broken Heart Syndrome Than Anyone Realized

New study finds 'broken heart syndrome' as fatal as it is misunderstood

Everything You Need to Know About Bird Flu

How dangerous is it? Where did it come from? H5N1 influenza’s origins stretch back to the 1990s, and key events paved the way for the outbreak we’re seeing today.

New Version of LSD Boosts Brain Plasticity Without the Psychedelic Trip

An LSD-inspired drug boosts brain growth without triggering hallucinations.]

Working overtime may be reshaping your brain

Overwork is altering brain regions tied to emotion and decision-making.

You Don’t Need Drugs to Trigger the Ozempic Hormone. This Is What to Eat Instead

While natural approaches to raising GLP-1 are not as potent as medications, they provide a drug-free approach to weight loss and healthy eating.

Scientists Blasted Human Cells With 5G Radiation and the Results Are In

Study finds human skin cells remain genetically unphased even under extreme 5G exposure.

Orange Cats Are Genetically Unlike Any Other Mammal and Now We Know Why

The iconic coats are due to a mutation not seen in other animals.

Scientists Found 'Anti Spicy' Compounds That Make Hot Peppers Taste Milder

One day, an anti-spicy sauce could make your food less harsh.

A Massive Brain Study Reveals the Hidden Work Your Mind Does While You Read

How the brain handles letters, words, sentences, and entire texts.

The UK just trained a health AI on 57 million people to predict disease

A new AI trained on nearly all of England’s health data may reshape medicine.

AI and Brain Scans Reveal Why You Struggle to Recognize Faces of People of Other Races

Sometimes, the face in front of us isn’t the one our brain is seeing

People Spend $12,000 to Tattoo Their Eyes and Change Their Color but the Risks Are Still Unknown

A new cosmetic trend lets people tattoo their corneas to change eye color.

What It’s Like to Live With Face Blindness: When Every Face Looks Like a Stranger

A new study reveals the exhausting reality behind developmental prosopagnosia and how society often overlooks it.

3,700 Hours with Wild Chimps Reveal Evolutionary Roots of Attachment

This study is about chimps. But in a way, it's also about us.

Just five minutes of junk food advertising are enough to get kids eating more calories

Junk food ads math: 5 minutes equals 130 more kilocalories per day.

Sexual Fantasies During Surgery Are a Disturbing Side Effect of Sedatives No One Talks About

Some anesthetics and sedatives may trigger vivid sexual fantasies — or hallucinations of assault

Nutrition expert says this less painful alternative to intermittent fasting works just as well

The study found that restricting carbs can elicit the same favourable metabolic effects as fasting.

Scientists Map the DNA of a Mysterious Creature Called the Asian Unicorn That No One’s Seen in Years

The saola’s newly sequenced genome offers hope for one of Earth’s rarest mammals.

A New AI Tool Can Recreate Your Face Using Nothing But Your DNA

New AI built by Chinese scientists can create 3D faces from DNA with alarming accuracy.

The Controversial TikTok Dentist Behind Viral 'Mewing' Craze Is Barred from Practice

If you’ve scrolled through TikTok in the last few years, chances are you’ve seen it. A handsome young person (usually a man), mouth closed, pressing his tongue to the roof of his mouth, claiming this one move can sculpt your jawline and change your life. This is “mewing,” and the man behind it—Dr. Michael Mew—has […]

People Living Near Golf Courses Face Double the Risk of Parkinson’s

The strong pesticides sprayed on golf courses leech into the groundwater and scientists suspect this could increase the risk of Parkinson's.

He Let Snakes Bite Him Over 200 Times and Now Scientists Want His Blood for an Universal Antivenom

A universal snakebite treatment may be within reach, thanks to an unlikely human experiment.

Miracle surgery: Doctors remove a hard-to-reach spinal tumor through the eye of a patient

For the first time, a deadly spinal tumor has been removed via the eye socket route.

The world is facing a rising dementia crisis. The worst is in China

As the world ages, high blood sugar has emerged as a leading risk factor in developing dementia.

What Your Emoji Use Really Says About You, According to Science

If you use a lot of emojis, you'll want to read this.

Your Brain Data May be Up For Sale and It's Totally Legal (For Now), Say U.S. Senators

Lawmakers warn brainwave data could expose mental health and be sold without consent.

6 Genetic Myths Still Taught in Schools (That Science Says Are Wrong)

Many traits we learn as 'genetic facts' are more folklore than fact.

No, RFK Jr, the MMR vaccine doesn’t contain ‘aborted fetus debris’

Jesus Christ.

Ronan the Sea Lion Can Keep a Beat Better Than You Can — and She Might Just Change What We Know About Music and the Brain

A rescued sea lion is shaking up what scientists thought they knew about rhythm and the brain

We Know Sugar Is Bad for Your Teeth. What About Artificial Sweeteners?

You’ve heard it a thousand times: sugar is terrible for your teeth. It really is. But are artificial sweeteners actually any better? The short answer? Yes—artificial sweeteners don’t feed the bacteria that cause cavities. But here’s the twist: many of the sugar-free products they’re used in can still damage your teeth in a different way—through […]

Want to make the perfect pasta? Physics finally has the answer

Cacio e pepe has just three ingredients, but mastering it is harder than it looks.

Giant Brain Study Took Seven Years to Test the Two Biggest Theories of Consciousness. Here's What Scientists Found

Both came up short but the search for human consciousness continues.

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