It’s a little pill with big responsibilities. But despite its primary role to prevent pregnancy, the contraceptive pill (or ‘the Pill’) could also help reduce the risk of ovarian cancer, according to ...

A new European Wetland Map shows Europe's peatlands, floodplains and coastal wetlands more comprehensively than ever before ...

For the first time, DNA evidence has confirmed killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for its liver.  Based on DNA ...

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago launched a newborn screening awareness campaign, with signage on public transit and billboards across Chicago urging parents to contact their child ...

The development of innovative robots and AI solutions will make it possible to automatically record sewer pipe conditions, ...

To test whether humans still use auricular muscles — which once helped move our primate ancestors’ ears to funnel sound — scientists attached electrodes to the sides of people’s heads, and asked them ...

A new study from the University of Chicago Medicine reveals that people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and depression experience high levels of stimulation and pleasure when intoxicated, similar to ...

In India, tigers haven’t just survived − they're making a comeback. Despite a growing population and increasing pressure on ...

Researchers compared the environmental impacts of lithium-ion battery recycling to mining for new materials and found that ...

A clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is testing an experimental treatment designed to help ...

While many studies have reported a link between a mother’s health condition during pregnancy and her child’s risk of autism, a new study shows that nearly all of these “associations” can otherwise be ...

Researchers at the Accelerator Laboratory of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, measured very precisely atomic masses of ...