Bake them, freeze them, fire them from a gun or blast them into space: tardigrades can survive almost anything. Some experts ...

The average cost of assisted living in the US is about $4,500 a month, or $54,000 annually, and the truth is, most people cannot afford to pay that too soon. Even if the money is not a problem, nobody ...

The From Labs to Lives Blog provides clear, accessible explainers on everyday topics for which UC Davis has expertise. Each post is reviewed by faculty or subject-matter experts, ensuring readers get ...

Spaceflight is accelerating the ageing process in blood-forming stem cells vital to human health, according to a new study analysing samples from four SpaceX resupply missions to the International ...

Microplastics have completely permeated Earth's environment and our own bodies, from the top of Mount Everest to the deepest parts of the ocean to even inside our own brains. However, a meta-analysis ...

The body has been identified as missing teenager Celeste Rivas (Picture: Rich Polk/Getty Images for Interscope/Capitol) D4vd’s home in Los Angeles was reportedly ‘searched for blood evidence’ ...

Certain types of fruit and vegetables can increase the levels of harmful pesticides in your body, new research has found. Pesticides have been linked to cancer, hormone disruption, reproductive harm ...

Authorities at Tampa International Airport made a grisly discovery this weekend when U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found a human skull and several bones inside a passenger's carry-on bag ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Humans have been trying to replace ailing parts of our bodies for thousands of years, turning to prosthetic limbs, ...

A new study shows that aging isn't a totally gradual or linear process. While the research comes with caveats, the findings could help us age more gracefully. A pathology professor who believes ...