Cancer is a complex disease with many causes – and sometimes none. For some patients, getting cancer is down to plain bad luck. As an oncology consultant, I see many cases where patients are ot ...

A duo of economists recently surveyed where 6,141 members of the world’s global elite went to college. The results show that ...

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Arizona State University and Banner Alzheimer’s Institute researchers, along with their collaborators, have discovered a ...

A study from the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center at the Mailman School of Public Health reveals significant ...

Queen Mary University of London physicist Professor Chris White, along with his twin brother Professor Martin White from the ...

In 2024, it's growing increasingly easy to fall for pseudoscience. False cures, misinformation, and outright lies are rampant ...

When the Sun is blazing and the wind is blowing, Germany’s solar and wind power plants swing into high gear. For nine days in July 2023, renewables produced more than 70 percent of the electricity ...

A ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts, seeds or grains, is a common sight. But a new study provides the first ...

Much about the Moon remains shrouded in mystery, including its age. Analyses of samples brought back from the lunar surface ...

A plant that lived 47 million years ago in what is now Utah is like nothing that lives on planet Earth today. The discovery of new fossils reveals that a species first found in 1969 is not a member of ...