Once upon a time, the fishing town of Gansbaai on the South African coast was something of a mecca for shark-spotters – so ...

The contents of a patient's entrails could be key to assessing how close they are to death.

The contraceptive pill desogestrel has been linked to a small increase in the risk of developing an intracranial meningioma ...

Ghrelin, produced primarily in the stomach, signals that you are hungry, while leptin, which is produced in the fat cells, tells your brain that you are full. Even one night of restricted sleep ...

One of the first brain cells shown to make insulin is the neurogliaform cell. These live in a brain area important for ...

The D" layer, some 2,700 kilometers (nearly 1,700 miles) below our feet, has been mystifying scientists for decades.

Alcohol disrupts immune cells' ability to reach and repair injured tissues – slowing the regeneration of healthy muscle, ...

More specifically, with the Moon blotting out the main disk of the Sun, we can see details and features in the solar ...

A Yukawa particle is the hypothesized mediator of a possible force within the cores of atoms. If it exists, it would have a ...

Designed to capture the radio spurts of cosmic rays falling from above, in 2006 the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna ( ...

Scientists have just discovered hundreds of new giant viruses, in a comprehensive study covering oceans across the globe.

Weight loss drugs, including Wegovy (semaglutide) and Mounjaro (tirzepatide), are becoming increasingly popular among those ...