Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The evidence is clear: Exercise has mental health benefits, although studies have come to different conclusions about how large it might be. And yet, when ...

I exercise most days, but the number on the scale never moves. What’s even the point? Exercise is not very effective for weight loss, but it’s incredibly beneficial for your physical and mental health ...

Exercise pumps up your muscles — but it might also be pumping up your neurons. According to a study published today in Neuron 1, repeated exercise sessions on a treadmill strengthen the wiring in a ...

Maintaining motivation is key to making an exercise routine stick for years, but most people struggle to find what truly motivates them — after all, most New Year's resolutions are abandoned by the ...

Back in 2012, an evolutionary anthropologist named Herman Pontzer published some baffling data from his time among the Hadza, a group of hunter-gatherers in Tanzania. Using a sophisticated technique ...

On today’s battlefields, drones are undeniably lethal. They kill with precision, shape movement across the battlespace, and impose a constant psychological presence. Their hum has become synonymous ...

Studies on the neurons of mice suggest our own human endurance may have more to do with the brain than our physique. Regular exercise strengthens muscles and improves endurance—but new research ...

Chinese jets performed unusually unsafe maneuvers during encounters with Taiwanese F-16 fighter aircraft amid a series of military drills aimed at intimidating Taipei’s Beijing-skeptic government, ...

Exercise is important for longevity, but variety matters. New research links exercise variety with a nearly 20% lower risk of dying prematurely. There are a few ways to approach this, according to ...

As fun as it is to imagine you're an Olympic skier gazing out at a steeply pitched, icy course, visualizing precise, lightning-speed turns, a reality check: Is your workout more like Stacey Brown's?

It’s hard to relax when times are uncertain, world events move at an unsettling speed and news headlines are grim. All that stress takes a toll on the body, especially the heart. Mental health experts ...

Every year, I climb to the top of Everest. It’s no big deal. I take it one step at a time, 80,000 steps per year. By the time Dec. 31 arrives, I calculated, I have ascended at least seven vertical ...