More than six million Americans are affected by Alzheimer's disease, a form of dementia marked by accumulation of amyloid-β within the brain. Amyloid-β is a relatively small protein that forms toxic ...

A 14-year-old girl was having back pain after a car accident and visited an orthopedic clinic at Boston Children's Hospital.

New research refines the timeline of interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals, showing it began about 50,500 ...

According to a statement released by Nasdaq on December 13, MicroStrategy is one of three companies to join the index, ...

Ancient DNA research suggests that our non-African ancestors mixed with Neandertals about 50,000 years ago, resulting in one ...

World class horse racing takes place at Gulfstream Park outside Miami, and on Saturday the late Pick 4 begins with the ...

In a new study, Sawsan Wehbi, a doctoral student at the University of Arizona, discovered strong evidence that challenges the ...

The question of whether the chicken or the egg came first has puzzled philosophers, scientists, and the general public for ...

(Representative image ) Photograph:(Others) An international team of scientists has mapped the genome of the Greenland shark ...

A strange new illness is spreading through a remote part of the world, leaving dozens dead – and experts fearing the worst.

Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform – from bacteria to blue whales – shares the same genetic code. How and when this code came about has been the subject of much scientific ...

Sandwiched between office buildings and the sewage plant, a 200-acre slice of land is home to some of the last burrowing owls ...