A large study shows that machine-learning clocks based on speech can estimate chronological age and may also offer a window into brain aging, biological aging, cognitive health, cumulative burden, and ...

A feather-light touch can trigger a chain reaction in a plant in less than a minute. Researchers at Lund University have identified the molecular signaling pathway that links mechanical stimulation to ...

We know that being near someone we love can make us feel good. A new study discovers why: it helps the body work better. The researchers call this principle Social Physiology: the human body regulate ...

The numbers paint a grim picture. Roughly half of all U.S. adults are lonely, according to a 2023 report, and nearly as many feel socially isolated. Though just as serious as other health risks, ...

Nail detachment is more than four times as common among people taking GLP-1 receptor agonists than among comparable people with obesity or type 2 diabetes who are not taking the drugs (Vienna, Austria ...

Returning global temperatures to a climate target does not necessarily undo the damage caused by exceeding it, new Concordia-led research finds. The study shows that temporarily overshooting warming ...

The Human Genome Project was launched in 1990, preceded by decades of breakthroughs in genetics. It eventually gave us a sequence of the human genome. Yet, while the physical rules behind the genome’s ...

Heatwaves over land worldwide are beginning earlier, ending later, and occurring over longer seasons, while the first heatwave of the season has recently shifted toward faster onset, according to a ...

Mt. Vesuvius towering above the ruins of Pompeii. The volcano's eruption in 79 C.E. inundated the town. Historical accounts of the disaster have now allowed scientists to recalibrate one of the most ...

ATHENS, GA, September 30, 2026 -- New research suggests that poultry litter-based soil amendments and weather conditions, specifically extreme weather events, may influence how long bacteria survive ...