Scientists discovered that crops exposed to trace pharmaceuticals in recycled water mostly stash the compounds in their leaves—not the parts we usually eat.

Younger colorectal cancer patients have abnormally stiff colon tissue that promotes tumor growth, pointing to biomechanical forces as a key factor in early-onset disease.

New research suggests our Sun was part of a huge migration of Sun-like stars that moved away from the Milky Way’s center billions of years ago.

Severe COVID or flu may quietly raise lung cancer risk—but vaccines appear to stop the damage before it starts.

Scientists have uncovered evidence that repeated training reshapes specific brain circuits in ways that may be essential for building endurance. Credit: Stock Endurance improvements from exercise ...

New sediment evidence from a Maya site in Guatemala challenges the idea that drought alone caused the civilization’s collapse. Credit: Shutterstock New research suggests that explanations based only ...

Scientists have uncovered surprising complexity in a tiny sensory structure found in comb jellies, some of the oldest animals on Earth.

Pregnancy is known to reshape the brain, but new research reveals that these changes do not stop after the first child.

A newly mapped form of superconductivity in uranium ditelluride emerges only under extremely strong magnetic fields, defying long-held expectations about how superconductors behave.

Scientists have uncovered the oldest known genome of the bacterium responsible for syphilis, revealing a previously unknown lineage that existed thousands of years ago in the Americas.

Researchers propose that the key to identifying consciousness in animals and AI lies in understanding how their information processing systems work.

New high-resolution simulations reveal that stellar rotation plays a crucial role in transporting material inside red giant stars.