The bowhead whale can live for over 200 years with little evidence of age-related disease. Now, scientists have taken a closer look at this whale to find out why that is, which may provide untapped insights into how to live a long and healthy life.
Scientists have found out that oceans on super-Earths, once established, can actually last for billions of years, which may explain a bit more about our own planet.
Why is Greenland covered in ice? Scientists have taken a closer look, and have found that the ice on Greenland could only form due to processes deep in the Earth's interior.
New findings published in the journal Pediatrics reveal that rest may not be what you need following a concussion. In fact, too much could be detrimental to recovery.
Researchers at the University of Santa Catarina have now provided Brazilian breast cancer patients with nutritional education and found that it could benefit patients by helping them prevent the recurrence of cancer.
Scientists have long-debated if weather has much to do with getting a cold or not. Yet the results of a new study confirm that colder temperatures do indeed increase this risk.
The notion of the "word gap" has been thrown around for many years--the idea that parents of impoverished homes speak to their children less, which may later predicts difficulty with academic achievement and financial success.
Researchers at Michigan State University found that the exercise habits of expectant mothers could help reverse the long-standing belief that babies of low birth weight are more likely to have high blood pressure later in life. As high blood pressure, otherwise known as hypertension, plays a key fac...
Statistics show that choking is the fourth leading cause of unintentional death in children under the age of five. Younger children are also at the greatest risk of a more serious injury from choking and in more severe cases, even death.
Scientists are taking a closer look at how plants react to environmental and genetic factors.
Health officials have declared nine people dead in Japan after choking on mochi rice cakes, a local delicacy. The cakes have also been blamed for related health issues of 128 people during the New Year's holiday and 13 hospitalizations. In addition to the Tokyo deaths, three people died in Chiba pre...
Two researchers have taken a new twist on what an ancient civilization did for a living. After studying a key site from the Greek Dark Age, the researchers have found that there may be more than meets the eye when it comes to how the village survived.
