The continued use of chemical weapons stands in defiance of an international norm.

Surgical oncologist Anees Chagpar explains why there’s wisdom to be found in non-significant and negative results.

We speak with the chief scientific adviser behind the current US federal dietary guidelines

Modelling study explains Pluto’s heart-shaped region.

A doctor explains what presidential hopefuls can do to give their immune systems a fighting chance.

Racism on the internet reflects a consistent feature of the American political landscape.

How one researcher learned to embrace negative results

Thousands of participants have submitted swabs of their feces to the American Gut Project

Some groups are as genetically different from one another as brown bears are from polar bears.

Researchers at MIT have designed a device to quickly determine the ripeness of apples.

New treatment could save 500,000 lives and help 200 million people.

Reasons for cesarean births are also risk factors for obesity, but new research suggests the procedure itself is also to blame.

One in three sexual minority women abuse laxatives and diet pills or induce vomiting.

In pursuit of restorative treatments, researchers are examining changes to the microbiomes of critically ill patients.

Researchers drew inspiration from lithium batteries and kitchen plastic wrap.

Women having medication abortions after the law went into effect were three times as likely to need additional treatment.

Facing extinction, the devils have fought back.

Alzheimer’s research has seen significant progress in recent years, but its future depends on federal funding.

The disease costs taxpayers $236 billion annually, and politicians on both sides of the aisle are taking notice.

Young men are adopting risky behaviors to build muscle and lose weight. The more masculine they see themselves, the higher the risk of taking supplements.