Health and Science

Abrahim Hassan shares DNA with his mother, an egg donor, and his father's sperm.

A new study suggests that 'habitual short sleepers' may conduct brain activity typically performed while sleeping, awake.

Bisphosphonates could save the lives of post-menopausal women being treated for early breast cancer.

Britain’s share of funding into research projects is no longer guaranteed.

Technology exists to help food products out of containers, but getting soap out is much harder.

Neuroscience can give us insight into how well soccer players perform, and how well their teams can perform overall.

A report by the U.K.’s National Obesity Forum has been criticized by the U.K.'s chief nutritionist.

The study found that Zika causes key brain cells to attack themselves, and self-destruct.

Scientists are finding all sorts of uses for “extremophiles,” like those found in the boiling sulfuric acid of Yellowstone Park’s geysers.

A fossil study shows Gastornis roamed around Ellesmere Island, Canada, when it was far warmer than today.

We now have the ability to wear bionic hands that are controlled by our brains.

A super-jet engine, living to age 120, safer childbirth and a prosthetic hand that can feel.

Right now, we burn trees for energy. What if we could plug them into our power grid instead?

Making red blood cells from scratch, locating aging genes and “designer” cells help cure leukemia.

The captive animals will spend their remaining days at a government-funded animal sanctuary.

Researchers employed cadaver arms to test out their theory.

Why elephants don’t get cancer, dissolving stents, modified cassava and brain implants.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation temporarily alters the electrical activity of patients’ brains.

Listening to music reduces postoperative pain, anxiety and need for painkillers

Many of the biggest challenges in the modern world involve science, so doesn’t it make sense to hear what the presidential candidates think…and know?

Here are a few techniques to introduce yourself to mindfulness.

Next step: lab-grown baboon arms.

People can’t accurately gauge the volume of their pints—and the more they drink, the worse it gets.

The only thing constant about the rules of attraction is that they’re perpetually changing.

The question isn’t, “Is football dangerous?” It’s, “Can it ever be safe?”

In the play Max Understood at San Francisco’s Cowell Theater, the guesswork of the parents in the play and their increasingly desperate attempts to understand what is going on in the mind of their son, is at the heart of the story.