Stories on the discovery of vital fluid-transport systems in the human body are among the winners of the 2024 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards. Winning journalists also did immersive stories on ...

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Why is human culture -- the shared body of knowledge passed down across generations -- so much more powerful than animal cultures?

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Scientific literature tends to treat the mind and body as separate entities, but humanistic works capture the psychological effects of cancer—loneliness, grief and anxiety. By narrating the emotional ...

Astronaut Sunita Williams, 59, experienced significant weight loss during her 155-day stay on the International Space Station ...

It's common knowledge that our brains -- and, specifically, our brain cells -- store memories. But a team of scientists has discovered that cells from other parts of the body also perform a memory ...

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Light as a healing tool remains part science and part mystery. Ancient practices using sunlight laid the groundwork for a field that has now evolved into sophisticated therapies for both mental and ...

First identified by archaeologists in 1978, the site was initially found to be home to at least 70 hominin footprints ...

Does disconnection with the ground cause us to become sicker? That's the idea behind the practice of "grounding" or "earthing" which is growing in popularity. We separate the science from the nonsense ...

Morton was a physician and naturalist who lived in Philadelphia from 1799 until the end of his life in 1851. A lecture he delivered to aspiring doctors at the Philadelphia Association for Medical ...