This week in science: How a storm slowed down time in the US; why you might soon be using garlic mouthwash; frogs gift us a ...

Generations of ancient, solitary bees made a home within the tooth holes of a fossilized jawbone, which was recently ...

This year, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) officially recognized a fifth form of diabetes, after decades of ...

The Bayeux Tapestry, an enormous length of embroidered cloth depicting events culminating in the Battle of Hastings in 1066, has long been a mystery, but the once-forgotten artwork might have finally ...

Loss of muscle mass is also a significant challenge for athletes, as many sports encourage them to keep body weight low while ...

Medicinal cannabis is increasingly used to treat a variety of conditions, but a comprehensive new review suggests that there ...

Garlic might not just keep vampires away – it could also work on harmful mouth microbes. N ew research suggests that garlic ...

The hypertension drug rilmenidine has been found to slow aging in worms – an effect that, if it translates to humans, could ...

It begins with two people, one blanket, and two very different ideas of what's a comfortable sleeping temperature.

Scientists have discovered a promising new approach to fighting cancer in the gut bacteria of a Japanese tree frog, with one ...

A molten lava world cloaked in a thick envelope of vaporized rock could be the strongest evidence we have yet of a rocky ...

The borderlands of black holes ought to be chaotic spaces where the rate at which matter is drawn across into oblivion is ...