Cutting the moldy spot off a peach and eating the rest feels like plain kitchen sense. It seems careful, even frugal. But a new survey from Germany’s Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) ...

Hearing a voice when no one is there. Feeling an overwhelming sense of love or awe with no clear cause. Sensing the presence of something, or someone, that cannot be seen. Millions of people worldwide ...

A month of skipping meat and dairy might do more than change what’s on the menu. It may leave a lasting impression on the body’s DNA. A new study in the journal MedComm found that after four weeks on ...

Millions of people scroll, game, or shop online to escape a rough day. It seems intuitive that stress and a bad mood would be the main culprits pushing someone toward problematic internet use. A large ...

Coconut oil has long had a place in kitchens and beauty products, but researchers are now making a serious case for putting it in jet engines. New research found that aviation biofuel made from ...

A new experiment asked college students to sit quietly outdoors for 10 minutes while different sounds played through their headphones, then measured how stressed, emotionally drained, or mentally ...

Three months. That’s all the financial cushion most Americans say they have before the bills start going unpaid. Lose a job, face a medical emergency, or absorb one too many price hikes, and roughly ...

BALTIMORE — Circumcision among newborn boys in the United States has steadily declined over the past decade, even as leading health organizations have voiced support for the procedure. A new analysis ...

Scientists have created a wearable sensor that attaches to your underwear and tracks your gut bacteria in real time by measuring the hydrogen gas in your flatulence. And no, that’s not a setup for a ...

A new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters adds evidence to a growing body of research suggesting summer is growing longer, arriving more abruptly, and piling up heat at an ...

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa — Artificial intelligence programs across the internet are making an extraordinary claim: they are Jesus Christ himself. These aren’t virtual assistants helping with daily ...

Viagra has been quietly racking up a second résumé. Best known for treating erectile dysfunction, sildenafil turns out to have a separate, previously unrecognized effect inside cancer cells: it ...