Scent is essential to ant society: every ant within a colony wears the badge of membership in the form of smelly hydrocarbons.

The third phase of a migraine attack is the headache. This is when people typically experience a throbbing or pulsating ...

The key to heart health isn't cutting down on pasta or potatoes, new evidence suggests; it's not even a low-fat diet.

Overall, our study suggests that reducing sugary drink consumption could be a helpful way to support adolescent mental health. While numerous studies have investigated the impact reducing sugary drink ...

The message is simple: wake earlier, perform better. But the science tells a more complicated story. For many people, a 5 am ...

The brain's 'garbage disposal' system falters with age, a new study finds, with long-lived neurons offloading clumpy, old ...

More than 12,000 years ago, two closely-related women – a mother and her daughter, perhaps – were buried in an eternal embrace.

A woman in the United Kingdom, who was born without a womb, has recently given birth to a healthy baby boy in a medical first ...

For people with hip osteoarthritis, neither shoe type is better than the other for improving hip pain. But for all older ...

Understanding the timeline of Alzheimer's degeneration can improve support for those affected, and researchers have now built ...

Schizophrenia is a serious mental health disorder that is characterized by psychosis, making it difficult for a person to ...

If you've ever tried to overhaul a garden, you know you're bound to find broken bits of pottery and long-forgotten statuary ...