Speed-of-processing cognitive training in older adults significantly reduced dementia risk over 20 years, outperforming memory and reasoning training. Its adaptive, implicit learning approach may ...

A once-niche herbal drug is now sparking a nationwide surge in poisonings, hospitalizations, and deaths.

Scientists found extensive freshwater beneath the Great Salt Lake, offering new insights into groundwater flow and potential environmental solutions.

A global analysis of more than 3,100 surging glaciers reveals a dynamic and unevenly distributed phenomenon that challenges conventional expectations about glacier retreat.

Household habits drive water use, and changing them through behavioral insights and real-time feedback is key to reducing shortages.

Scientists found hedgehogs hear ultrasound, raising hopes for repellents to reduce road deaths. Researchers at the University of Oxford suggest that ultrasonic repellers could help lower the number of ...

A familiar “magic mushroom” may not be what it seems. A decades-long mystery surrounding the origins of the world’s most widely cultivated “magic mushroom” - Psilocybe cubensis - may finally be ...

A new model suggests dark matter may be more complex than a single substance, potentially reshaping how scientists interpret hidden structures across the universe.

Researchers have created an ultra-compact nanolaser that could transform how data moves within microchips, replacing electrical signals with light.

Scientists propose that life-sustaining environments may exist on moons orbiting free-floating planets drifting through interstellar space. Liquid water is widely seen as a key ingredient for life.

A major new study using advanced body fat scanning reveals that the widely used BMI system may be getting it wrong for a huge number of people. Credit: Shutterstock BMI might be misleading millions ...

A supervolcano that once shook the Earth is quietly recharging—and scientists are finally seeing how it happens. Scientists ...