Every winter, Antarctica roughly doubles in size as sea ice locks into place over the ocean. Typically, Breid Bay in East Antarctica is entirely covered in a frozen crust from July through August. But ...

One of the most widely used drugs in the world could help reduce dementia risk when taken daily – but only for some.

Prions are one of nature's cruelest tricks. Proteins are chains of amino acids that need to fold in very specific ways – a process that does not always work as intended. Your body is pretty good at ...

The human brain is a magnificently complex information-processing machine that is extremely off-limits to certain kinds of research.

Some people taking Ozempic-like medications have described just such a change. Could these drugs help people with alcohol use ...

Cancer may seem like an inevitable part of life, but there are so many factors that can help reduce your risk.

One of science's defining aspects is that its findings and ideas are open to empirical debate. But with plate tectonics and feathered dinosaurs firmly entrenched, the next point of debate may hinge ...

Detecting planets outside of our Solar System mostly relies on measuring minute changes in the light of distant stars. If this were akin to finding a needle in a haystack, astronomers would delight.

You've probably heard of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, but did you know there's possibly a third option as well? For just over two decades now, some scientists have argued that type 3 diabetes is an apt ...

Catching signs of dementia early – before the main symptoms have started to show – means a bigger window of opportunity to study the progression of the condition, and to put support in place for those ...

Cosmically, Earth can be likened to a planetary puppet 'tugged' by the gravitational strings of the Sun and Moon. And the entire rest of the Universe, of course, but the lunisolar influence helps give ...

The preliminary analysis, published in Nature Metabolism, finds initial evidence that a popular supplement, taken by more than 40 million Americans, is associated with faster progression to dementia ...