New research and data show a strong connection between our gut and our mental health, skin health, immune system and more. But “leaky gut syndrome ... like the Canadian or American food ...

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More than a billion years ago a hungry cell devoured a tiny blue-green alga. But instead of the former simply digesting the latter, the duo struck a remarkable evolutionary deal. Now scientists ...

Imagine you are attending a friend’s housewarming party, and—in front of everyone—you spill a glass of red wine on their brand-new white couch. You are so mortified that every time you see ...

President Biden issued an executive order to permit data centers on federal lands in a move aimed at bolstering clean energy and protecting national security during a boom in artificial ...

A study published last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that cold-related mortalities have been trending upward for the past two decades, and especially since 2017.

Around one million Americans may develop some form of dementia every year by 2060, according to a study published on Monday in Nature Medicine. The latest forecast suggests a massive and harrowing ...

Winter is supposed to be cold—and indeed, in the absence of global warming, the season would be colder than it typically has been in the U.S. in recent years. Nevertheless, when freezing ...