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Today's popular weight-loss drugs could soon be joined by brain stimulation and gene therapies.

A new study finds that dogs fed fresh human-grade food don't need to eat—or do their business—as much.

Astronomers find these five chapters to be a handy way of conceiving the universe's incredibly long lifespan.

By transplanting Operation Barbarossa on a map of the US, it showed the devastating effects of the Nazi invasion

It's strange to think that something that died 76m years ago plays a role in modern ecosystems, but life is opportunistic.

New evidence emerges that microplastics eaten by marine animals may be traveling up the food chain to our plates.

Towards the end of his life, Francisco Goya began painting terrifying scenes directly onto the walls of his house.

To put it mildly, North Korea has had a complicated relationship with the world. In chronological order, here are five of North Korea’s most incredible plots.

Every year, companies try to do things better, to find the most effective way to complete some task or to improve overall productivity. Employee learning programs play a massive part […]

“Would anyone read a sci-fi story with a dark-skinned, female protagonist?” – this is the question that got it all started. At that time, in the fall of 2013, the […]

Rutin can increase the number of calories burned in a workout.   

Human beings have incredible pattern-recognition abilities, which drive us to make meaningful connections across a vast array of information. Through its free exchange of information and capacity to reach a […]

No single factor can explain the aging process. Rather, lifespan is determined by complex interactions among diet, mitochondrial DNA, and nuclear DNA.

In an experiment using MRI machines, researchers have found that breastfeeding improves brain development in infants when compared with breastfeeding mixed with formula and formula alone.

Witnessing, as we all did, the events of Boston made me turn to the news. This was a mistake. Turning to social media was even worse. A mismanagement of information, […]

While walking in Fairmount Park in 1872 with his minister father, 12-year-old Henry Ossawa Tanner saw a man painting and became curious about art. His family fed that curiosity, which […]

There was something missing from last night’s premiere of Too Big To Fail, a made for HBO movie which portrayed the inner workings of the U.S. Treasury during the financial […]

Powell's water-based states, or How the West wasn't won

Self serving, egotistical and narcissistic. These epithets accurately describe the personality and motivations of former UK Business Secretary, former Northern Ireland Secretary and former Industry Secretary, Lord Peter Mandelson. Which […]

The results from yesterday’s “Little Tuesday” collection of primaries and special elections around the country are in. They were bad news for many established political figures. But they may nevertheless […]

So week one of the British General Election campaign ended, with round one to the Tories. That Cameron was able to launch his right hook over Labour’s plans to increase […]