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The underground burial tombs were used at least as far back as 2500 B.C.

About six minutes after the heart stops, the brain essentially dies.

Are “humanized” pigs the future of medical research?

An expert explains the emerging science of nutrigenomics.

Amyloid plaque can build up in body organs other than the brain. The resulting diseases — AL amyloidosis, ATTR amyloidosis and more — cause much suffering.

When it comes to behavior, genetics may play a larger role than you think.

An active component of honeybee venom rapidly killed two particularly aggressive forms of breast cancer in a laboratory study.

New cancer-scanning technology reveals a previously unknown detail of human anatomy.

Could a theory from the science of perception help crack the mysteries of psychosis?

Despite Boseman’s young age, this cancer is increasingly common in people under 50.

“Politics is weird. It’s the only business in the world in which you take a really, really important position, and you give it to someone with no qualifications.” —Tony Blair

By challenging your preconceptions, art offers a framework by which you can solve problems.

Venus has far more carbon dioxide in its atmosphere than Earth, which turned our sister planet into an inferno. But how did it get there?

Slowing growth and limiting development isn’t living in harmony with nature—it is surrendering in a battle.

Could medical detection animals smell coronavirus?

The famous social robot is about to start rolling off the assembly line.

A school lesson leads to more precise measurements of the extinct megalodon shark, one of the largest fish ever.

Proponents of transhumanism make big promises, such as a future in which we upload our minds into a supercomputer. But there is a fatal flaw in this argument: reductionism.

A rift in thinking about who should control powerful new technologies sent the brothers on diverging paths. For one, the story ended with a mission to bring science to the public.

Guided by ultrasound waves, swarms of microrobots could soon be used to deliver medicine to targeted sites in the body.

This biochemist is determined to create a new life form by reversing the shape of molecules.

Asymmetric organocatalysis is an environmentally friendly way of accelerating chemical reactions and creating specific types of molecules.

Compassionate leadership is what differentiates good from great leaders during crisis.

The anthropic principle has fascinating scientific uses, where the simple fact of our existence holds deep physical lessons. Don’t abuse it!

Ever wondered what oxytocin receptor proteins sound like?

Some scientists think we should allow our bodies to more harmlessly live with pathogens until they’re cleared from our systems.

Just as storylines make sense only when you have the context of the beginning and the end, listeners need to understand the impetus for why the album was even made.

A recent analysis of a 76-million-year-old Centrosaurus apertus fibula confirmed that dinosaurs suffered from cancer, too.

Unreasonable burdens prevent people from thriving. Eliminate them.

Age ain’t nothing but a number, but “inflammatory age” may be real.