US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in the field of optogenetics. Their research has helped scien...
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Dancing doesn’t just use your whole body, but works most of your brain too. Here we look at the science behind how dance strengthens your brain and how it could help protect against dementia as we get older....
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The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognized works of art in the world, symbolizing American progress and the welcoming promise of immigration. Lady Liberty stands on a 15-acre island, now crowded by tourists — but once, a small group of...
Cervical cancer deaths are 49% higher for women living in poverty, a major report released on Thursday finds. Women living in poverty were also 23% more likely to develop cervical cancer compared to those living in higher-income areas, according to ...
An epidemiologist from the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that the suspected hantavirus cluster aboard a cruise ship is not the beginning of another COVID-19 pandemic. Eight cases are currently being reported by the WHO, including fiv...
Reading may feel like something that comes naturally, but it's taken thousands of years for our brains to develop the capacity to do it....
President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform Thursday that he will sign an executive order instructing newly sworn-in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin to pay TSA workers immediately, calling the ongoin...
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Moltbook, a new website where AI programs can socialize with one another, has been gaining in popularity in recent days. Real people aren't allowed to post on the platform, but humans can scroll through Moltbook as observers. More than 1.6 million ...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Preventive cholera vaccination programs will restart globally after they were halted for nearly four years due to a vaccine shortage, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. In a ...
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Mass firings of federal workers begin on day 10 of government shutdown...
Mass firings of federal workers begin on day 10 of government shutdownThe administration has argued they have to fire workers to keep essential government services running. The stalemate on Capitol Hill continues, with Democratic and Republican ...
BOSTON -- A team of researchers from Japan wondered if painting cows with zebra-like stripes would prevent flies from biting them. Another group from Africa and Europe pondered the types of pizza lizards preferred to eat. Those researchers were...
Vitamins are the building blocks that keep our bodies running; they help build muscle and bone, capture energy, heal wounds and more. But if our body doesn’t create vitamins, how do they get into our system? Ginnie Trinh Nguyen describes what v...
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President Donald Trump's administration is continuing its radical effort to cut much of the federal government and crackdown on immigration -- and is being met with dozens of legal challenges. More than 6,000 Internal Revenue Service wor...