A new USC study found that young adults who ate more ultra-processed foods faced a significantly higher risk of prediabetes and insulin resistance over time. Credit: Shutterstock.

Weight loss drugs have shown impressive short-term results, but new research suggests their benefits may be difficult to sustain once treatment ends. Stopping treatment with weight loss medications is ...

Using the Super Proton Synchrotron, the team created beams of electron-positron pairs and passed them through a meter-long region of plasma. This setup served as a scaled laboratory version of a ...

Astronomers have captured an exceptionally rare view of young planets in mid-transformation, revealing how bloated, giant worlds may shrink into the most common planets in the galaxy. Astronomers have ...

Even after years of warnings, millions of older Americans with dementia are still being prescribed risky brain-altering drugs—often with no clear medical justification. Even after years of clinical ...

The legendary “Little Foot” fossil may be an entirely new human ancestor. An international team of scientists led by researchers from La Trobe University in Australia and the University of Cambridge ...

Reference: “Reduced Eye Blinking During Sentence Listening Reflects Increased Cognitive Load in Challenging Auditory Conditions” by Penelope Coupal, Yue Zhang and Mickael Deroche, 1 September 2025, ...

A blood test may detect Crohn’s disease years before it strikes—changing how the condition is predicted and prevented.

Brazil’s oldest people may be revealing hidden biological secrets behind extreme human longevity. A Viewpoint published on January 6 in Genomic Psychiatry by Dr. Mayana Zatz and colleagues at the Huma ...

The results revealed that the speed of alpha brain waves in the parietal cortex plays a key role. This region of the brain ...

Scientists have discovered hidden viruses in whales and orcas, revealing a secret side of ocean life no one had seen before.

Your ability to notice what matters visually comes from an ancient brain system over 500 million years old.