Taylor Evinger, a UC Davis Ph.D. candidate, holds a bottle of orange water sampled from the Igning River in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The bright orange plumes of water ...

Plesiosaurs swam into river deltas to vomit up shells and other indigestible elements of their marine meals, suggests new research published by Cambridge University Press. The behaviour resembles that ...

What are the chances of finding extraterrestrial life in our solar system? Professor Frank Postberg, planetary scientist at Freie Universität Berlin, has just published a study in Science Advances ...

309 million years ago, long before the dinosaurs, the area around Chicago was a swampy river delta swarmed with early land-dwellers, giant insects, and strange swimming animals. What once was a hot ...

New evidence from fossils representing two groups of human ancestors—Australopithecus and early Homo—adds an important piece to the puzzle about when our ancestors transitioned from a life often spent ...

We know that being near someone we love can make us feel good. A new study discovers why: it helps the body work better. The researchers call this principle Social Physiology: the human body regulate ...

The numbers paint a grim picture. Roughly half of all U.S. adults are lonely, according to a 2023 report, and nearly as many feel socially isolated. Though just as serious as other health risks, ...

Stroke rates among adults ages 20 to 54 nearly doubled over a 27-year period in a large U.S. population study. The increase was driven primarily by ischemic strokes, the most common type of stroke.

Reverse (left) and severely deformed obverse (right) of the 1834 William IV silver sixpence investigated in the study. Non-destructive materials analysis found deformation most consistent with an ...

A groundbreaking discovery at the University of Missouri could help older adults maintain the muscle strength they need to stay active and independent, whether that means safely crossing the street or ...