According to research, when it comes to protecting your heart, what you eat may be just as important as the type of diet you ...

A large-scale study suggests that women who regularly drink caffeinated coffee may experience healthier aging.

As people grow older they often seem to become less sociable. Is this actually the case, and if so, what causes this change?

Earth and Venus are often called “sister planets” because they share some key characteristics. Like Earth, Venus is a terrestrial planet (i.e. composed of silicate minerals and metals) and orbits ...

The recent eruption of Mount Etna has once again reminded us of the raw power and unpredictability of Earth’s volcanoes. It inspired us to revisit this article. With volcanoes making headlines once ...

Recently we made an attempt to put incomprehensible astronomical distances into a human perspective. We started by looking at the vast distances within our solar system, moving on to distances within ...

Colonizing Mars comes with a lot of challenges and quandaries. The first questions that come to mind are probably something akin to: 'how do we get people there?' and 'what do we take with us, and ...

Dementia is an umbrella term for a neurodegenerative condition, with cognitive problems (problems related to thinking) that usually start off mild but decline further over time. To get diagnosed with ...

A study, the first of its kind, has delved into comparing the effects of antidepressants and running exercises in treating anxiety and depression. It yielded some interesting results. Perhaps ...