A nearby “super-Earth” is giving scientists a rare look at the bare surface of a distant world, and it’s far from Earth-like.

Chronic stress is known to interfere with normal digestion, sometimes causing urgent trips to the bathroom or, on the other ...

Anxiety has become one of the most visible mental health problems in the United States, showing up not only in clinics but ...

A single-cell platform reveals that many genetic mutations converge on shared cellular programs, pointing to simpler, more ...

New research challenges traditional views of how the brain makes decisions, suggesting that even its earliest regions play a ...

Coffee alters gut bacteria and improves mood and cognition, with both caffeinated and decaf offering distinct mental health ...

Warm, deep water is shifting closer to Antarctica, threatening ice shelves and altering global ocean circulation, with ...

A newly discovered molecule disrupts cancer cells’ ability to repair DNA by triggering the breakdown of key proteins. Cancer cells can survive by repairing damage to their DNA—even damage that would ...

A subtle failure during cell division can set off dramatically different outcomes, according to new research exploring whole genome duplication. A new study finds that the way a cell fails to divide ...

Researchers at the University of Melbourne have, for the first time, explained how Australia’s famous Twelve Apostles came to ...

A genetic study of a prehistoric burial site near Paris reveals a sharp break between two populations, suggesting a major decline followed by the arrival of new groups from distant regions.

NASA’s Artemis II mission has successfully wrapped up, and early analysis shows the agency’s next-generation Moon systems ...