Fruit flies’ exposure to radiation from the basis of modern federal radiation directives, the debate over how we calculate ...

Climate change plaintiffs now claim that greenhouse gases are causing property damage through fire, flood, and frost, ...

Few topics provoke as much concern as the perception that puberty is beginning earlier than ever. While synthetic endocrine-disrupting chemicals are often cast as the primary culprits, puberty is ...

A study published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that your daily caffeine fix might be ...

Newly published data indicate a quiet shift in hospital nurseries that may signal a broader change in how Americans view ...

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Constipation is often treated as a simple plumbing problem, too little movement, too much delay. But emerging research suggests that, in some people, the culprit may not be sluggish muscles or faulty ...

On this episode of Science Dispatch, we take a look at the radiation oncology experience from the perspective of a patient (and radiation expert) who endured 28 mornings of this common but ...

Obviously, there was no era in which Americans were healthier than now, except in a romanticized imagination. Is there really ...

Hedy Lamarr’s legacy extends far beyond Hollywood glamour. Behind the screen persona was an inventive mind that helped ...

At a moment when ultra-processed foods, industrial agriculture, and food subsidies are under political siege, can a New York ...