7+ hour, 58+ min ago  (789+ words) Teenage conflict is often dismissed as a normal part of growing up. Arguments with parents, fights with friends, and bursts of anger usually fade as people mature. But a new study suggests these patterns may sometimes leave deeper traces. Researchers…...

7+ hour, 3+ min ago  (874+ words) A new study suggests a major group of plant viruses was already circulating in wild Eurasian plants long before agriculture, long before global trade, and even before the last Ice Age." The research focuses on tymoviruses, a family of viruses…...

11+ hour, 36+ min ago  (886+ words) Every kid growing up in a cold climate hears the warning: don't touch your tongue to frozen metal. Of course, that warning often arrives after someone tries it. The moment the tongue touches icy metal, it sticks. Panic follows. A…...

8+ hour, 25+ min ago  (773+ words) Sleep touches every part of our lives. It influences how we think, feel, and even how long we live. Science has long measured sleep in hours and activity in minutes, but consistency is becoming just as important. Patterns matter as…...

10+ hour, 55+ min ago  (720+ words) Many social and health factors shape how infections spread in a community. Scientists now use new tools to understand these risks better. A recent study from Washington University in St. Louis created a new way to map how vulnerable different…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (827+ words) A randomized trial, focused on twins over the age of 50, reports that a daily mix of protein and prebiotics improved performance on a sensitive memory test after 12 weeks. Scientists have been mapping how the gut microbiome communicates with the brain…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (861+ words) The FDA has recently established a regulatory pathway allowing highly individualized genetic treatments to qualify for approval even when only a handful of patients exhibit these rare diseases. That shift opens the possibility that therapies designed to treat a single…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1031+ words) Most Americans assume aging is basically a slow slide: your body stiffens, your mind dulls, and the best you can do is "manage the decline." Many doctors assume the same thing. But a new Yale University study argues that this…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1025+ words) Nitrous oxide (N'O) is usually discussed as a climate problem " a powerful greenhouse gas that can spike in soils after fertilizer use. But new research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) suggests it may also play an unexpected biological…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (830+ words) Weight has been climbing across the United States for years. Nearly a third of adults are overweight, and about 43 percent now have obesity. Researchers have long wondered how much of that trend begins during the transition to adulthood. A long-term…...