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In 2024, scientists stumbled upon a potential new treatment for hereditary-patterned baldness, the most common cause of hair loss in both men and women worldwide.

A team of scientists has identified five different sleep profiles that link the quality of a person's shut-eye with a variety of health, psychological, and lifestyle outcomes.

In a new online trend, people are scuttling, crawling, and bounding around on all fours while filming themselves - and their videos are getting a lot of attention.

Engineers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst have developed an artificial neuron like no other.

Look up this month and you might be lucky enough to spot some of our sky's best celestial wonders - including not one, but two meteor showers.

Ever since scientists began to understand evolution, they've been arguing over the contentious question of what, exactly, the first animal looked like.

Rock hyraxes, known in southern Africa more often as "dassies", are furry, thickset creatures with short legs and no discernible tails.

Three scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering how the body stops its own immune system from turning against itself.

Having a purpose in life could help reduce the chance of developing dementia, according to a recent study by researchers from the University of California, Davis.

Researchers recently discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis.