Human activity can cause “healed” faults to release their stored strength, triggering unexpected quakes in tectonically stable regions.

Magic-angle” graphene may provide new clues into poorly understood unconventional superconductors, which operate at higher-than-normal temperatures.

Engraved into the side of a nearly 4,000-year-old ivory comb is a simple wish: Get these lice out of my hair. This faint inscription, written in the early language of the ancient Canaanites, ...

Postmenopausal women who listened to self-guided hypnosis recordings daily for six weeks saw meaningful improvements in hot flash symptoms.

An HPV vaccine delivered into the nose can treat cervical tumors in mice. The vaccine targets a cancer protein produced by the virus.

A small study finds that individualized prehab can dampen harmful immune responses and may reduce complications after an operation.

Like exercise, gratitude takes many forms. Finding the right practice, research shows, is up to the individual.

As action from the U.N.’s huge COP30 international meeting falls short, smaller groups are banding together to find ways to fight climate change.

Canada has had more than a year of continuous measles transmission. The United States has until January to limit cases before losing status.

Takanori Takebe’s strange investigation into whether humans can use the gut for breathing has surprisingly sentimental origins: helping his dad.

Foot bones and other fossils have been attributed to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a recently discovered species that may shake up the human family tree.

In people at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, researchers linked minimal to moderate physical activity to a 3-to 7-year delay in cognitive symptoms.