Category Science

First mammograms are typically recommended at age 40. Colonoscopies are usually ordered when a person turns 45. In the future, a physician may remind a patient when it’s time to…

Picture the warm, shallow seas off ancient Australia some 26 million years ago. Among the schools of fish, a small but formidable predator lurks. Its huge eyes are scanning for…

A collection of 300 unusually bright objects in deep space may contain galaxies that formed in the early universe. These objects, captured in infrared images from the James Webb Space…

The period between 3 million and 2 million years ago was a transformative time in human history — it was back then that the genus Australopithecus led to the genus…

Monday mornings always seem to come way too fast, especially if you spent most of the weekend staying up way too late, perhaps drinking alcohol or smoking. While it’s relatively…

It’s difficult to predict the prevalence of a condition when you don’t know what it is, and it’s even more difficult to diagnose and treat it. But that’s essentially what’s…

What was the Permian Period like? What creatures thrived there before the period came to an abrupt end? Thanks to efforts by an international research team, 17 years of fossils…

Most people today envision Vikings as battle-hardened marauders, but this caricature doesn’t represent the full picture of these seafaring Scandinavians. While Vikings were certainly elite warriors who amassed wealth through…

Snoring is not just annoying for the people we share our beds with, it can be a sign of a serious sleep disorder called obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Besides snoring,…

45 U.S. companies on list including IBM, Microsoft, Qualcomm and RTX; Chinese companies dominate the Top 10 and claim the highest number of active inventions globally Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 12,…