Learn more about oral contraceptives and the impact they can have on disordered eating, and how self-monitoring may help mitigate the effect.
Learn how DNA from teeth buried near Lake Baikal showed that plague was already deadly before the rise of cities, farming, and efficient flea-borne spread.
Learn how a Norwegian watchmaker found a merchant ship nearly 2,000 feet below the Skagerrak, its porcelain cargo, and unopened crates still inside.
Learn about Heliconius butterflies' long lifespans and graceful aging, both of which may be achieved with a pollen-heavy diet.
Learn how new rock dating shortened Northern Ireland’s volcanic timeline to 5.5 million years and linked the Giant’s Causeway to Greenland.
Learn how bacterial DNA preserved in Greenland’s ancient middens traces 4,500 years of settlement and why thawing permafrost poses little risk for now.
Learn more about Antarctic sea squirts and how they could one day help with advanced melanoma treatments.
Learn about a gameboard that was found at a medieval-era bathhouse in Morocco, showing how people used to play games while freshening up.
Learn how tracking 188 pet owners found that cats and dogs lifted moods overall, but cat interaction after stressful events was linked to worse feelings.
Learn how 69 trials involving nearly 154,000 adults found little evidence that calcium and vitamin D supplements prevent fractures or falls.
Learn how scientists are learning to create exotic superpositions.
Learn about new research that suggests there is a link between GLP-1 agonists and reduced breast cancer risk.
Learn about a bright blob in the central region of the Milky Way, illuminating what may be a remnant of a massive star that exploded
Learn how a Celtic chariot burial provides new evidence of elite power and long-distance connections in Iron Age Germany.
Learn more about what some Parisian officials are calling the "dig of the century" outside of Notre-Dame as experts uncover artifacts that are nearly 2,000 years old.
Learn how a blood-based aging test connected youthful brain-support cells with lower genetic risk and older muscle cells with ALS years before diagnosis.
Learn more about the walled city of Qabra, a Bronze Age hub that met a tragic end.
Learn about Brötchen, the latest pygmy hippo calf of Zoo Berlin, to win the hearts of the internet.
Learn how living goblin sharks recorded near Jarvis Island and in the Tonga Trench extended the species’ known Central Pacific range and set a new depth record for mackerel sharks.
Learn about the burial of two individuals from Iron Age Scotland, one of whom had their brain removed and bones whittled after dying.