Wars, mass shootings and terrorist attacks may loom large in our consciousness. But new research makes clear that guns’ worldwide death toll actually is driven...
In a comprehensive study that tracked almost 15,000 U.S. women from middle age into their senior years, researchers found that women who gave birth to...
New research suggests teens who spend more time toggling among a growing number of digital-media platforms exhibit a mounting array of attention difficulties and impulse-control...
For humankind in general, these findings hint at an intriguing, if largely theoretical, prospect: the maximum possible human life span has not been reached.
“I have definitely hit the jackpot,” said Judy Perkins. But a lot of scientific progress must happen before this treatment can work for a huge...
In the land down under, where the 2017 flu season is now a wrap, public health officials reported record-high rates of flu, as well as...