Children of divorced parents are substantially more likely to have a stroke later in life, according to a new study of more than 13,000 older adults in the US.

Beall has been studying the human response to hypoxic living conditions for years. In research published in October 2024, she ...

Last month was the hottest January on record, blitzing the previous high and stunning climate scientists who expected cooler ...

This led them to the conclusion that antibiotics, antivirals and anti-inflammatory drugs were all associated with reduced ...

Aside from the potential curse of long COVID, people who've had the SARS-CoV-2 virus may be more likely to develop high ...

Can a global pandemic affect temperatures on the Moon? A 2024 study linked worldwide lockdowns with a drop in heat radiation reaching the Moon from Earth – but now scientists say that wasn't actually ...

In May 2024, an epic solar storm rattled Earth so powerfully that its effects were felt even at the bottom of the ocean.

The large Saharan dust cloud that blanketed Europe back in March 2022 contained some unexpected ingredients, according to a new study: chemical signatures consistent with US and USSR nuclear tests of ...

Is it possible to understand the Universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not ...

A new non-opioid painkiller, suzetrigine, has just been approved by the US drug regulator, the FDA. It is the first ...

The rings are regions of higher density, where the galactic material has been pushed together by the rippling shocks. The ...

Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius – the fallback target of the Paris climate accord – is now ...