Mendeleev's original, 1869 version of the Periodic Table featured 63 elements. Now, there are 118. But as scientists worked to extend the Table (and fill in a bunch of holes), not every ...

At a rocket test range in Alaska, scientists are firing rockets into the northern lights. They want to better understand the aurora because they are the visible fingerprint of a powerf ...

One of the most bothersome things about being sick or having seasonal allergies is that it makes your nose stuffy and blocked ...

A year after stopping taking weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, people regain—on average—60% of their lost weight. But beyond this, their regained weight plateaus, with individu ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis show in a new study that GLP-1 medications may be effective at treating and preventing substance use disorders across all major add ...

A research team led by Profs. ZHU Min, LU Jing, and ZHU You'an from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...

Healthy ageing is about staying independent, maintaining mobility and continuing to enjoy everyday activities as you get ...

Healthy ageing is about staying independent, maintaining mobility and continuing to enjoy everyday activities as you get older. For many people, what matters most is being able to ...

To operate fusion systems safely and reliably, scientists need to monitor plasma fuel conditions and measure properties like temperature and density that can affect fusion reactions. Making these ...

Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new Johns Hopkins University study finds. The work demonstrates that ...

Scientists have uncovered tiny new fossils of Purgatorius, the earliest known relative of all primates, including humans, in ...

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...