Lifestyle

While there is evidence that pets are great at curbing loneliness and boosting your physical activity, other purported benefits may not be as rooted in science as some believe.

Ever since the US started churning out per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the 1940s, these long-lived toxic chemicals have been accumulating everywhere humans have trodden. Since then, these compounds have leached from industrial...

A squishy, lightweight robot with complex sensors that can be dropped onto the moon or Mars from high above the surface one day is expected to help humanity perform science...

When it comes to personal finance, there's not a lot of advice that's really one size fits all. Everyone's income, expenses, priorities, and circumstances are different, so what works for...

Do you jump up at the crack of dawn to seize the day, or do you find yourself with a bundle of energy long into the evening hours? Many of...

CDC issued a Health Alert Network advisory urging clinicians to "consider V. vulnificus as a possible cause of infected wounds that were exposed to coastal waters" -- especially if near...

This article is republished from The Conversation. Not only people need to stay cool, especially in a summer of record-breaking heat waves. Many machines, including cellphones, data centers, cars and...

Inflation is finally easing. Americans are paying less for gas than they were a year ago. Furniture, television, and airfare prices have all fallen since last summer. Even the used car...

Despite its macho connotations, the Y chromosome is among the tiniest of the 46 chromosomes in the human genome. It makes up only 2 percent of a human cell’s total...

An archive of international art is headed to the moon this year. The project, called the Lunar Codex, brands itself as “a message-in-a-bottle to the future, so that travelers who...