But over the years, daily decisions between tea or coffee could make a big difference to women's bone health, a recent study suggests. Osteoporosis is a common concern for women over 50 years of age.

An exquisitely preserved feathered raptor just discovered in north-eastern China could probably fly. It's also somewhat disrupted the evolutionary path we thought birds took to get into the air.

Osteoarthritis, where the cartilage in a joint gradually erodes away and leads to the painful friction of bone-on-bone, is the leading cause of disability for older adults worldwide.

Some of the healthiest plant-based foods on the menu – including spinach, beetroot, rhubarb, almonds, and sweet potatoes – could be linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), based on a new study.

Every winter, Antarctica roughly doubles in size as sea ice locks into place over the ocean. Typically, Breid Bay in East Antarctica is entirely covered in a frozen crust from July through August. But ...

The human brain is a magnificently complex information-processing machine that is extremely off-limits to certain kinds of research.

One of the most widely used drugs in the world could help reduce dementia risk when taken daily – but only for some.

Some people taking Ozempic-like medications have described just such a change. Could these drugs help people with alcohol use ...

Prions are one of nature's cruelest tricks. Proteins are chains of amino acids that need to fold in very specific ways – a process that does not always work as intended. Your body is pretty good at ...

Cosmically, Earth can be likened to a planetary puppet 'tugged' by the gravitational strings of the Sun and Moon. And the entire rest of the Universe, of course, but the lunisolar influence helps give ...

Venting when angry seems a sensible option. Conventional wisdom suggests that expressing anger can help us quell it, like ...

Detecting planets outside of our Solar System mostly relies on measuring minute changes in the light of distant stars. If this were akin to finding a needle in a haystack, astronomers would delight.