(Diane Labombarbe/iStock/Getty Images Plus) While the world drowns in plastic, researchers are on the hunt for practical ...

Some people carry the biological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease in their brains yet stay mentally sharp, and scientists ...

Researchers discovered a new type of stem cell that may explain why stubborn belly fat becomes more common with age—and why ...

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Before the Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus and Neptune, these two distant planets were thought to be cold, dead worlds on the outskirts of the solar system. The historic spacecraft visit, however, revealed ...

Scientists have taken one more step down the very long road to time travel. A new paper combines the Alcubierre “warp” drive with the idea of “controlled closed timelike curves.” Though far out, ...

Researchers have shown for the first time that malfunctioning mitochondria — the cell’s energy generators — may directly cause cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases. By creating a new tool ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: However, Mendelism—with its more elegant explanations and simple Punnett squares—largely won the conversation, and became the dominant view on ...

Here's what you'll learn when you read this study: Billions of people globally experience some kind of vision impairment, with many millions living with near or total blindness. With such an ...