A landmark study suggests that this daily habit may reshape how your mind activates.

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As death remains taboo across much of Asia, Nanyang Technological University will launch Asia's first master's-level specialization in thanatology, the study of dying, death and bereavement, starting ...

A new kind of pill sharply reduced cholesterol in people at high risk of heart attacks despite taking statins.

A year ago, federal support for scientific research appeared to be crumbling. But thanks to Congress and several lawsuits, ...

Scrutiny of university classrooms is being formalized, with new laws requiring professors to post syllabuses and tip lines ...

A new study out in the journal Science Advances finds that chronic exposure to wildfire smoke has contributed to tens of thousands of deaths each year in the United States.

A retired car mechanic who couldn't run a single mile at age 66 is now smashing world records and rewriting the biological ...

Your sexual inner world could be linked with a host of physical and mental conditions, depending on your personality ...

Breakthroughs in research take time and money, and that's where the National Institutes of Health has been a reliable partner ...

But when veterinarians can confidently detect fractures, it means they can stabilize the bones using tools like splints.