A food-borne parasite that invades the human brain may have met its match, not through a new drug, but through...

Every year, pathologists examine millions of tissue slides under the microscope, searching for the cellular fingerprints of breast cancer. Deep...

For decades, the food frequency questionnaire has been the quiet workhorse of nutritional science. Whenever researchers claim that eating more...

A seemingly ordinary household event, the playful scratches of a new kitten, has been implicated in one of the most...

Malaria remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases on the planet, and the mosquitoes that transmit it are proving ever...

One of the most stubborn problems in artificial intelligence is teaching an agent to carry out tasks that stretch far...

High on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, yaks have grazed alpine meadows for millennia, supplying Tibetan herders with meat, milk, wool and...

Caring for a loved one with cancer is one of the most demanding roles in modern medicine, and the people...

Two inherited neurological disorders that doctors have long considered diseases of the large, heavily insulated nerve fibers are, according to...

Honey is one of the most adulterated foods on the planet, and the fraudsters are getting better at hiding their...

Every day, animals rise, become active, and eventually settle into sleep, all guided by an internal timing system that operates...

Every day, wastewater treatment plants around the world process billions of liters of sewage, and hidden in that water are...

Dementia reshapes not only the lives of those diagnosed but also the families who care for them, and a new...

A team of researchers at Linyi University in China has unveiled a remarkably simple recipe for one of the most...

In the sun-baked, semiarid mountains of southeastern Spain, one of Europe’s most threatened reptiles is quietly revealing a secret about...

Postmenopausal osteoporosis affects hundreds of millions of women worldwide, and current drugs often fall short because they cannot distinguish diseased...

Sri Lanka is famous as the home of true cinnamon, the delicate spice that once drew traders across oceans and...

A new survey of firearm-owning parents across the United States suggests that a substantial share of households with toddlers and...

Goat milk, long prized for its digestibility and gentle nutritional profile, may soon have a new claim to fame. A...

When a country builds wind farms or installs solar panels, the climate benefits may not stop at its border. A...