Science

New Zealand teenagers are less fit and weigh more than their parents were at the same age, new University of Otago research reveals.

Researchers learn more about the relationship between sexual behavior, function, and cognition (people's ability to think and make decisions).

A novel mathematical approach has uncovered that some animal cells have robust 12-hour cycles of genetic activity, in addition to circadian or 24-hour cycles.

Imagine your liver being just a big puddle. Some organelles in your cells are exactly that including prominent ones like the nucleolus. Now a...

Sample size (the number of individuals examined for a study) is the most important factor determining the accuracy of the study results.

About half the size of a lunch box, the Tiny Isothermal Nucleic acid quantification sYstem (or TINY) has shown promise as a point-of-care detector...

Scientists have measured the human 'exposome,' or the particulates, chemicals and microbes that individually swaddle us all, in unprecedented detail.

Women could enhance the development of their unborn child's eyesight and brain function by regularly eating fatty fish during pregnancy. This is the suggestion...

In a new study comparing climate change attitudes across 36 countries, including the United States, commitment to democratic values is the strongest predictor of...

Monkeys who learned how to gamble have helped researchers pinpoint an area of the brain key to one's willingness to make risky decisions.