They're in the news and all around you. Celebrities are trying them and your friends probably are too. DNA testing is gaining more and more popularity all the t...
Are your joints starting to tell you that you've abused them a bit too much? Has there been too much jogging on asphalt, full-contact sports or high-impact aero...
It may sound like the wishful thinking of a crazy cat lady, but there is actually some good scientific evidence that cats, and their purrs, can be beneficial to people's health.
Both emotionally, and even in wound healing, the sound of a cat p...
In the spring of 2019, scientists declared that the second largest emperor penguin colony in the world had disappeared, following disastrous weather and breedin...
If you've heard of Mark Kelly, it may be because his wife, Gabrielle Giffords, a U.S. representative from Arizona, was the victim of an assassination attempt in...
A total of 18 researchers, including two CRISPR* specialists, are calling for a temporary (five-year) ban on creating gene-edited babies.
*"In popular usage, 'CRISPR' (pronounced 'crisper') is shorthand for 'CRISPR-Cas9.' CRISPRs are specialized str...
Produced by the marijuana or cannabis plant, CBD is the legal, straitlaced cousin of the plant's more famous component THC, the chemical that delivers a high wh...
The results are in from a three-decade, worldwide study: junk food is a killer.
Recently published in top tier journal The Lancet, the results of the Glo...
On Tuesday, March 19th, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first-ever medication specifically for postpartum depression. The drug, Zulresso (generically known as brexanolone), is the first of its kind and is the second mental he...
We know, we know, it's fun to speculate that aliens built the pyramids of Egypt and the Americas. But it's also a discredit to clever and intelligent ancient pe...