Portable ultrasound device from MIT could enable at-home breast monitoring. Weighs just over 1 pound, matches hospital imaging performance.

Why do some people attract followers while others don't? Study shows brains evolved to create unequal hierarchies through ...

Blood test detects 81% of earliest-stage lung cancers by measuring DNA disorder instead of specific mutations, with only 5% ...

Your nervous sweat may be making your horse nervous. New study reveals how fear transfers from humans to horses through chemical signals.

Ancient volcanic rocks reveal how two giant hot regions beneath Africa and the Pacific have shaped Earth's magnetic shield.

Cells shrink a major internal structure as they age. New research shows this downsizing is deliberate—and linked to longer ...

A Chinese personal safety app called Are You Dead? recently rebranded as Demumu, has attracted widespread media attention.

The fungi travelled to space, lived aboard the ISS for over a month, returned safely to Earth, and eventually came back to ...

One in three young people hit their parents between ages 11-24, with violence peaking at 13, study finds. ADHD, harsh parenting increase risk.

Cold urticaria is a rare but potentially serious condition in which contact with cold weather causes the immune system to misfire.

People judge compassionate liars as more moral than honest feedback providers when feelings are at stake, revealing a double ...

Psychosis among teenagers jumped 60% over 25 years. Scientists are investigating whether cannabis, stress, or other factors ...