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Raw meat goo makes prime real estate for microbes, and a new study suggests these luxuriously moist abodes are a significant source of hidden foodborne illnesses, including urinary tract infections (UTIs).

Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Italian polymath who painted the Mona Lisa, had a sophisticated geometric understanding far ahead of his time.

Gray hair is nothing to be ashamed of.

A species of shark never before documented killing humans has now done so, devouring a swimmer in a chilling first.

When Napoleon and his legion of multinational soldiers retreated from Russia in 1812 in the face of dwindling supplies and fierce Russian resistance, little did they know how much worse was yet to come.

The Southern Ocean has been dutifully gobbling up a century's worth of carbon dioxide and heat released by human activities, but when we finally let go of our fossil fuel habit, it might come back to haunt us.

Emerging adulthood - the life stage that unfolds around ages 18-25 - is full of major transitions, such as starting college or learning a trade, making new friends and romantic connections, and generally becoming more independent.

A treatment that simultaneously targets two age-related pathways in frail adult mice has been shown to extend their lifespan by up to 73 percent in a study by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley.

A woman was recently fined £150 by a council for pouring coffee down a drain before getting on a bus.

The glow-in-the-dark bats you're hanging to decorate for Halloween might be more biologically accurate than you thought.