Slow breathing with a prolonged exhale made people more willing to take risks by changing heart activity and increasing the

MIT researchers have created bacterial “transistors” that can be wired together into living circuits capable of performing calculations and directing

Puerto Rico’s normally rainy season has instead brought a severe and fast-growing drought. By August 25, three-quarters of the territory

A substance found in edible sea squirts appeared to reverse several signs of aging in older mice. Plasmalogen supplements improved

Aging may be partly fueled by immune cells losing their ability to clear away damaged, inflammation-promoting cells. Blocking a single

Scientists discovered that more than 500 species of vesper bats possess two separate sets of antibody genes, an immune arrangement

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have discovered an unexpected form of the Hall effect, overturning the long-held assumption that this

A huge 10-sided atmospheric pattern has appeared around Saturn’s south pole, giving the planet a surprising counterpart to its famous

A newly discovered microbe living inside ancient stromatolite communities may offer a rare look at how complex life first emerged.

A meter-long scorpion with massive pincers stalked ancient Britain 415 million years ago, long before forests and the better-known age