BIDMC study shows even a single binge drinking episode can damage the gut lining, trigger inflammation, and cause “leaky gut” ...

Research shows that a single drinking binge—roughly four drinks for women or five for men within about two hours—can disrupt ...

When Czech writer Karel Čapek coined the word “robot” in his 1920 play R.U.R., he imagined tireless “artificial workers” liberating people from drudgery. The lead character dreams of destroying ...

The editors of Scientific American look to 2026 as a chance to peer into the future to see what science may be unfolding and what discoveries may lurk on the horizon. But the new year is also a chance ...

A night of solid rest can feel like a panacea. The quantity and quality of our sleep influence our physical health, our moods, our cognition and our ability to function in almost every aspect of life.

“Professor Alfred L. Wegener at the University of Graz in Germany says that millions of years ago the two Americas, as well as Europe, Asia, Australia and Antarctica, were one continent centered ...

The treatment was unusual in that alongside talk therapy, May underwent several sessions in a sensory-deprivation chamber: a dark, soundproof room where she floated in a shallow pool of water heated ...

From influencing weight gain to supporting immune function, gut microbes do far more than digest food. They may even explain why some people age more healthily Twenty years ago, scientists thought of ...