You've probably heard of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, but did you know there's possibly a third option as well? For just over two decades now, some scientists have argued that type 3 diabetes is an apt ...

The textbooks and history lessons tend to treat the Black Death as one devastating wave of pestilence that hit Europe between 1347 and 1353.

Can monkeys get Alzheimer's, or is the disease unique to humans? As African green monkeys age, their brains can develop some changes that resemble those seen in Alzheimer's.

Some computations are so hardcore that it takes a facility of extraordinary power to even think about running them.

Venting when angry seems a sensible option. Conventional wisdom suggests that expressing anger can help us quell it, like ...

Cancer may seem like an inevitable part of life, but there are so many factors that can help reduce your risk.

Going through menopause brings with it major shifts in biology for women, and experts have long wondered whether this could be part of the reason that Alzheimer's disease is notably more common in ...

The preliminary analysis, published in Nature Metabolism, finds initial evidence that a popular supplement, taken by more than 40 million Americans, is associated with faster progression to dementia ...

The team's results, published in AGU Advances, identify and explain what seems to be a paradoxical future scenario: 'young' water getting older, and 'old' water getting younger in ...

One of science's defining aspects is that its findings and ideas are open to empirical debate. But with plate tectonics and feathered dinosaurs firmly entrenched, the next point of debate may hinge ...

Cosmically, Earth can be likened to a planetary puppet 'tugged' by the gravitational strings of the Sun and Moon. And the entire rest of the Universe, of course, but the lunisolar influence helps give ...

Imagine picking up a black stone from an old riverbed in Brazil. Its surface shines like glass, but inside it is riddled with tiny holes. Break it open and you would find not one crystal, but a ...