Scientists have identified a molecule in the blood of the Burmese python that could pave the way for a new generation of weight loss treatments. The discovery offers fresh hope in the global fight ...

The end of the college basketball season is fast approaching. Selection Sunday is a week away, with dozens of teams waiting to see where they will be seeded and, for some, if they fall on the right ...

Gas prices have soared to levels not seen in more than a year as war engulfed the Middle East and shipments of oil and gas were stranded in the Persian Gulf. As of March 17, the cost of regular was up ...

Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new Johns Hopkins University study finds. The work demonstrates that a certain ...

In late December, the 21st to be exact, my friends Amos and Clara called me 17 times. On December 22 it was eight times. The calls were short—sometimes only 30 to 45 seconds, and they usually arrived ...

He’s content starting at shortstop until Volpe returns from his offseason labrum surgery sometime in May or so, then get back to showcasing his versatility. But while Caballero is playing regular ...

Some fungi, particularly species in the order Mucorales, can change from one form to another by changing what genes they express. Mucor lusitanicus will take the form of yeast in anaerobic ...

Hedy Phillips is a freelance lifestyle writer based in New York. While she's not writing on topics like living on a budget and tips for city dwelling, she can usually be found at a concert or ...

New research suggests pain is not a simple signal of injury but a process that unfolds across nerves, spinal cord, and brain. Scientists are now targeting earlier points in that pathway, before pain ...

I met Lufang Chen, a 30-year-old bank clerk based in the Fujian province of China, in 2016, after she had married a man she initially turned down years earlier. Although she preferred to remain single ...