GLP-1 drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, may slightly increase the risk of osteoporosis, gout, and the rare metabolic bone disease osteomalacia, a recent study suggests.

The Milky Way isn't just drifting through a giant void in space untethered, but is embedded in a sheet of dark matter like a blueberry in a pancake, new research suggests. An analysis of how galaxies ...

For the first time, meteorologists have glimpsed the tiny bursts of ultraviolet light emitted by trees during thunderstorms.

The transplant of older poop actually seemed to boost the health of their ovaries. Consistently, young mice that received poop from old, non-reproductive mice showed improved ovarian function, and ...

Lots of chronic health problems that strike in middle age can increase the risk of later-in-life Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia. For example, high blood pressure damages blood vessels, which ...

Multivitamins have ignited a fierce scientific debate over whether nutritional supplements are beneficial to our health or a multi-billion-dollar racket.

As a result, the evolutionary pressures that once favored the appendix have largely disappeared. Meanwhile, the medical risks of keeping the appendix – most notably appendicitis – remain. Modern ...

Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Italian polymath who painted the Mona Lisa, had a sophisticated geometric understanding far ahead of his time. To draw the Vitruvian Man in 1490 – an illustration of the ...

A protein best known for its role in Parkinson's disease may help explain why women make up around two-thirds of Alzheimer's ...

In an eerie new study, scientists have analyzed the brain activity of mice and used it to reconstruct videos of what the mice had seen. The team, led by researchers at University College London (UCL), ...

Health risks posed by synthetic chemicals in our environment could potentially linger in our germline for generations.

For most of human existence, listening was closely tied to moments that carried meaning, emotion, or survival.