By Knvul Sheikh A growing number of American adults have weakened immune systems, which can leave them vulnerable to severe illnesses....

By Jen Murphy We’ve all heard that sitting too long is bad for you. We’re not evolved to do it, it can undermine our exercise gains, it...

By Teddy Rosenbluth When scientists win the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, they typically thank family and colleagues, maybe their universities or whoever funded their research. This year, as molecular biologist Gary Ruvkun accepted the most prestigious award of his career, he spent a few minutes lauding his experimental subject: a tiny worm named Caenorhabditis elegans, which he called “badass.” “No one ever thought to use that term for a worm,” he said during a news

By Louisa Kamps Susan Hirsch was visiting her father in the hospital where he was recuperating after a fall and was shocked to find him —...

By Alyssa Ages The first time I approached the weight room at my local gym, over a decade ago, I froze with fear in the doorway. The maze...

By Alan Yuhas Archaeologists in Peru have excavated a monumental chamber featuring elaborate murals of snakes, and a pillared hall with a worn throne, which they say bears clues suggesting a powerful woman ruled there more than 1,300 years ago. The site, Pañamarca, was a religious and political center for the ancient Moche culture, which flourished for centuries in northern Peru, building grand structures and irrigating deserts long before the Inca rose and conquered the Ande

By Nina Agrawal More than 1 in 3 adults in the United States has prediabetes, higher-than-normal blood sugar levels that can lead to...

By Emily Schmall As Hurricane Milton battered Florida’s Gulf Coast this month, Chloe Ottani followed the news with horror from her...

By Dana G. Smith Over the past several years, there has been a rise in alcohol-related deaths and a steady wave of news about the health...

By Derrick Bryson Taylor John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for discoveries that helped computers learn more in the way the human brain does, providing the building blocks for developments in artificial intelligence. The award is an acknowledgment of AI’s growing significance in the way people live and work. With its ability to quickly make sense of vast amounts of data, machine learning that uses artificial neural networks