Younger colorectal cancer patients have abnormally stiff colon tissue that promotes tumor growth, pointing to biomechanical forces as a key factor…

Scientists are uncovering surprising links between aging and the microscopic communities living in the gut. Gut health may depend in part…

A large study of older women suggests that muscle strength may play a critical role in longevity, independent of how much…

Pregnancy is known to reshape the brain, but new research reveals that these changes do not stop after the first child.…

Scientists have uncovered surprising complexity in a tiny sensory structure found in comb jellies, some of the oldest animals on Earth.…

New research reveals that bed bugs strongly avoid water and moisture. People often dread bed bugs, and for good reason. Once…

A newly mapped form of superconductivity in uranium ditelluride emerges only under extremely strong magnetic fields, defying long-held expectations about how…

Scientists have uncovered the oldest known genome of the bacterium responsible for syphilis, revealing a previously unknown lineage that existed thousands…