MANCHESTER, United Kingdom — From endless traffic to nonstop construction, if you live in a busy city, the noise is inescapable. While you may think your headache is worse than anyone else’s, a new ...

ATHENS, Greece — A groundbreaking new study has reignited the debate over whether political ideology is linked to brain structure. While previous research suggested that conservatives have larger ...

Research led by David R. Braun (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) and Dan V. Palcu Rolier (National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology) Our ancient ancestors weren’t ...

For more than sixty years, the test for whether a computer could think like a doctor has stayed roughly the same: hand it a tough medical case and see if it can figure out what’s wrong. Generations of ...

NEW YORK — If the emoji movie wasn’t symbolic enough of today’s youth, perhaps this will rattle your foundation: 7 in 10 millennials and the younger Gen Z prefer to communicate digitally — mostly by ...

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 ...

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 ...

Friendships have ended over it. Family dinners have gotten awkward and stayed that way. For a growing number of Americans, politics hasn’t just created tension; it has cost them relationships entirely ...

Claw-like hands, smaller brains, and 90-degree elbows? It sounds as ridiculous as it looks, but these researchers suggest it’s possible CERRITOS, Calif. — Hunched back, clawed-hands, and second ...

There’s a reason a grandparent’s record collection feels so different from what’s topping the charts today, and it goes beyond sound. Over the past six decades, the words woven into popular music have ...

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 ...

Every day, millions of people reach for hand soaps, cleaning sprays, and laundry products stamped with the word “antibacterial,” believing they’re getting extra protection. A growing body of evidence ...