Younger colorectal cancer patients have abnormally stiff colon tissue that promotes tumor growth, pointing to biomechanical forces as a key factor in early-onset disease.

New research suggests our Sun was part of a huge migration of Sun-like stars that moved away from the Milky Way’s center billions of years ago.

New sediment evidence from a Maya site in Guatemala challenges the idea that drought alone caused the civilization’s collapse. Credit: Shutterstock New research suggests that explanations based only ...

Severe COVID or flu may quietly raise lung cancer risk—but vaccines appear to stop the damage before it starts.

Scientists have uncovered evidence that repeated training reshapes specific brain circuits in ways that may be essential for building endurance. Credit: Stock Endurance improvements from exercise ...

Scientists have uncovered surprising complexity in a tiny sensory structure found in comb jellies, some of the oldest animals on Earth.

Pregnancy is known to reshape the brain, but new research reveals that these changes do not stop after the first child.

Australia paused the use of a common berry pesticide after rising consumption increased potential exposure, especially for young children. Australia’s agricultural regulator has temporarily halted the ...

A newly mapped form of superconductivity in uranium ditelluride emerges only under extremely strong magnetic fields, defying long-held expectations about how superconductors behave.

Scientists have uncovered the oldest known genome of the bacterium responsible for syphilis, revealing a previously unknown lineage that existed thousands of years ago in the Americas.

Researchers propose that the key to identifying consciousness in animals and AI lies in understanding how their information processing systems work.

The chemistry is powered by an LED lamp that triggers a self-sustaining chain reaction, forging new carbon–carbon bonds under mild conditions without toxic or expensive chemicals. Credit: Nordin Ćatić ...