Learn more about time-of-day trends in mental health and well-being, which tend to be better in the morning and worse at night.

Discover how doing simple daily stretches can prevent health problems and grow your muscles.

Learn more about how researchers are using the microbes in Yellowstone thermal pools to understand how life developed during a low-oxygen period.

Learn about the surge of landslide activity in California's Palos Verdes Peninsula as measured by NASA, showing the effects of climate change and intensifying precipitation.

Microplastics are accumulating in the brain more than other organs; health effects remain unclear.

Scientists discover altermagnets, which have favorable properties of both of the two other kinds.

Learn more about the papyrus that contains detailed medical procedures from Ancient Egypt.

The last radical improvement in our lifespans happened in the 20th Century. Now, researchers are looking into just how much further we can go — and if that’s even possible.

Increasingly crowded orbits full of satellites and debris pose potential hazards for services on Earth, and need regulation.

Discover how researchers identified an octopus' ancient sex chromosomes and why their genetic history is such a mystery.

Learn about the Svingerud Stone, a runestone found in a Norwegian grave site that currently stands as the earliest written depiction of the Proto-Norse language.

This underwater alliance between octopus and fish tends to pay off for both. Learn why the relationship works.

It might have felt mighty chilly where you live, but the globe overall set yet another warming record despite La Niña's cooling influence.

Muscles feeling tight after a long work day at your desk? Here are some stretches that will help you loosen up.

A combination of enduring holiday stress and seeking a New Year’s change drives interest in information about ending marriages.

Learn more about the auricular muscles, which activate when we wiggle our ears, and apparently, when we listen to several sounds at once.

Learn more about how older adults who participate in more social events see a delay in cognitive decline.

Because the drug doesn’t target the brain, it has less potential for addiction. Learn why this could help the opioid crisis.

Learn about 2024 YR4, an asteroid that currently has a more than 1 percent chance to hit the Earth in 2032, catching the attention of scientists.

A confluence of factors is making wildfires worse. Among them: increasingly dramatic swings between wet and dry conditions in a warming world.

From migratory practices to modern language, learn how sheep have played a major role in the history of humanity.

Quantum computation + quantum sensing = a new way to think about measurement on the tiniest scale, say researchers.

New discovery reveals an entire new world smaller than viruses and bacteria.

The U.S. is set to ban seafood imports from countries that don’t work to minimize accidentally catching dolphins, whales, and seals.

Learn more about the earliest evidence of human-caused contamination from lead, found in the ancient Aegean.

Adults who report painful childhoods followed by the end of a romantic relationship have smaller hippocampuses.

Learn more about the newly identified fungus that is taking over spiders and why it's similar to the Cordyceps fungi that infects ants.

Learn about the abandoned Zapotec city of Guiengola in Oaxaca, Mexico, featuring a society based on communal work that would flourish until the 16th century Spanish conquest.

Learn why the use of a tiny spoon likely suggests that Germanic communities used psychotropic drugs for battle.

Learn why we’re outliving our good health and how scientists are working to change that.

Analyzing a sample from an asteroid named Bennu reveals the chemicals necessary to form DNA and RNA.

Learn about the analysis conducted on wave ripples in the Gale crater region of Mars, where ice-free ponds and lakes stood over 3 billion years ago.

Learn more about polar bear sebum, the oil on their fur that prevents ice from sticking to them, and how it could be used to replace certain PFAS.

Archeologists discover a complex network of drainage canals and storage ponds that allowed year-round maize production.

Due to climate change and other factors, water levels are plummeting. Learn what could help and why it’s so important to address.

Frequent earthquakes 300 miles off the coast of Oregon signal escalation for the underwater volcano named Axial Seamount.

Learn more about the largest study to link lifetime cannabis use and brain activity.

Discover how a research team identified a 10th century hall that King Harold used during the Norman Conquest.

Learn about the Borealis Mud Volcano on the Arctic seafloor and its role in maintaining biodiversity, which is driven by methane emissions.

Astronomers who identified HD 20794 d say its proximity to its host star and orbital pattern suggest it could hold water.